What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion.

The American feels so rich in his opportunities for free expression that he often no longer knows what he is free from. Neither does he know where he is not free; he does not recognize his native autocrats when he sees them.

The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile-it is man's eternal desire to be free and independent.

The dagger plunged in the name of Freedom is plunged into the breast of Freedom.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

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

The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. He frees himself and shows the way to others. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

The word will continue to fly All over the world. No power can ban it or stop it From landing at any airport For the word is a bird That needs no entry visa For freedom For democracy.