Freedom Quotes
Presidents are over-represented here. George W. Bush has the most entries, ahead of Thomas Jefferson and John F. Kennedy, which says more about how often presidents talk about freedom than about how well they put it. The better writing tends to be elsewhere: Madison in the Federalist Papers (1787), Hannah Arendt in The Human Condition (1958), Dalí in his diary.
Two of the most repeated freedom quotes are flagged. “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” is credited to Voltaire. Evelyn Beatrice Hall wrote it in The Friends of Voltaire (1906), as a summary of his views. “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance” is credited to Jefferson, but nobody has found it in his writings. The closest early version is by John Philpot Curran, in a speech of 1790.
Freedom of religion, restricted only from acts of trespass on that of others.
Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
To give love is true freedom; To demand love is pure slavery.
Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent.
"Freedom is the foundation for all wonderful things in life."
The Democrats are the party of slavery; the Republicans are the party of freedom.