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 2. Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.

 3. All we have of freedom - all we use or know -This our fathers bought for us, long and long ago.

 4. But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

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 6. Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

 7. Communism destroys democracy.

 8. Communism is the death of the soul. It is the organization of total conformity - in short, of tyranny - and it is committed to making tyranny universal.

 9. Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

10. Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

11. Democracy can also destroy Communism.

12. Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can easily be lost, but never is fully won. I ts essence is eternal struggle.

13. Democracy is the worst system devised by the wit of man, except for all the others.

14. Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.

15. Fetters fall off of themselves when the knowledge of self is gained.

16. Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

17. Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

18. Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives.

19. Freedom exists only where people take care of the government.

20. Freedom hath a thousand charms to show, That slaves however contented never know.

21. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap.

22. Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.

23. Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

24. Freedom is the ferment of freedom. The moistened sponge drinks up water greedily; the dry one sheds it.

25. Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

26. Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

27. Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

28. Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.

29. Happiness follows sorrow, sorrow follows happiness, but when one no longer discriminates happiness and sorrow, a good deal and a bad deed, one is able to realize freedom.

30. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves beside.

31. His brow is wet with honest sweat He earns what'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.

32. How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free Down to its root, and in that freedom bold. When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air. She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. Of old sat Freedom on the heights The thunders breaking at her feet: Above her shook the starry lights; She heard the torrents meet. If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

33. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!

34. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

35. If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom: and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that, too.

36. If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.

37. If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands, they must be made brighter in our own...If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance, we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation.

38. In the light of his vision he has found his freedom: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace.

39. Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases? Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.

40. It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.

41. Let all your views in life be directed to a solid, however moderate, independence; without it no man can be happy, nor even honest.

42. Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers be the most powerful nation upon earth.

43. Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

44. Liberty has restraints but not frontiers.

45. Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be aquired.

46. Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honour, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.

47. Liberty is slow fruit. It is never cheap; it is made difficult because freedom is the accomplishment and perfectness of man.

48. Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body.

49. Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

50. Liberty, according to my metaphysics...is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

51. Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.

52. Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

53. Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains.

54. Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does....while they (Communists) preach the supremacy of the state and predict its eventual domination of all peoples on Earth, they are the focus of evil in the modern world...

55. Men well governed should seek after no other liberty, for there can be no greater liberty than a good government.

56. No man is free who cannot command himself.

57. No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.

58. No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility.

59. No nation ancient of modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves.

60. None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

61. Not free from what, but free for what? Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

62. Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom.

63. Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by it self alone.

64. Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

65. Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigour of commerce as it is to the health and vigour of citizenship.

66. Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.

67. Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.

68. The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.

69. The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.

70. The man who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave.

71. The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

72. The policy of Russia is changeless...Its methods, it stactics, its maneuvers may change, but the polar star of its policy - world domination - is a fixed star.

73. The saving man becomes the free man.

74. The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage.

75. The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.

76. The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.

77. The traveller has reached the end of the journey! In the freedom of the Infinite he is free from all sorrows, the fetters that bound him are thrown away,and the burning fever of life is no more.

78. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. I t is its natural manure.

79. The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

80. The wish to be independent of all men, and not to be under obligation to any one is the sure sign of a soul without tenderness.

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

82. Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

83. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

84. To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

85. We Americans...bear the ark of liberties of the world.

86. We first have to find the way of freedom from involvement before we can introduce freedom in involvement.

87. What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.

88. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

89. What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be preferred to all things.

90. What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

91. When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

92. Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

93. Whoever will be free must make himself free.

94. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.

95. Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew.

96. You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free.