If the world knew how to use freedom without abusing it, tyranny would not exist.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Our democracy must demonstrate that it is still prepared to contend patiently, as well as with insight and passion, for the cause of human freedom in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.

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, especially as the sheep was a black one.

Martyred many times must be Who would keep his country free.

Liberty is the right to do what the laws permit.

The word liberty has often served for the destruction of the substance of liberty.

In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.