"The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage." ~ Thucydides, Ancient Greek historian and author, circa 460-400BC
“Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.” ~ Albert Camus
"Freedom is the last, best hope of earth." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Freedom lies in being bold." ~ Robert Frost
"There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free." Walter Cronkite
"There are two good things in life; freedom of thought and freedom of action." ~ William Somerset Maugham
"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul." ~Moshe Dayan
"Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves." ~ Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, 1888
"Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose." ~ C. Wright Mills
"We hold in our hands, the most precious gift of all: Freedom. The freedom to express our art. Our love. The freedom to be who we want to be. We are not going to give that freedom away and no one shall take it from us!" ~ Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Cicely, 1992
"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~ Malcolm X
"Without freedom, no one really has a name." ~ Milton Acorda
"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires." ~ Bertrand Russell
"We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be." ~ Daniel J. Boorstin
"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." ~ Albert Einstein
"Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." ~ Hans Christian Andersen
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom." ~ Simone de Beauvoir
"Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond." ~ Jeffrey Borenstein
"We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it." ~ William Faulkner
"Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself." ~ Robert F. Bennett
"If we have freedom, we have life. Therefore to live, we must love our fellow man, or all will live with the chains of strife." ~ Donald D. Campbell
"I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"We gain freedom when we have paid the full price for our right to live." ~ Rabindranath Tagore
"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment." ~ Nelson Mandela
"Don't we all want the same thing…freedom, sweet freedom." ~ Kenny Chesney