Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.