It is true that liberty is precious. So precious that it must be rationed.
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 1870-1924, Russian Revolutionary Leader
Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.
- Abraham Lincoln
Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.
- Abraham Lincoln
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
- Abraham Lincoln
If you're not ready to die for it, put the word ''freedom'' out of your vocabulary.
- Malcolm X 1925-1965, American Black Leader, Activist
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
- Malcolm X 1925-1965, American Black Leader, Activist
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
- St. Augustine 354-430
Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.
- Bhagavad Gita c. BC 400
The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave. His fetters fall... freedom and slavery are mental states.
- Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
- Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968, American Black Leader, Nobel Prize Winner, 1964