Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery. Pope John Paul II
A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. Milton Friedman
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires. Bertrand Russell
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. Vladimir Lenin
Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. Tacitus
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. Bertrand Russell
Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom. Hillary Clinton
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. W. Somerset Maugham
I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America. Alexis de Tocqueville
Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom. Friedrich August von Hayek
The family is the test of freedom because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. Epictetus
Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly. Hillary Clinton
Freedom is the right to live as we wish. Epictetus
If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate. Oliver Wendell Holmes