“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” — William Faulkner · Essay "On Fear: Deep South in Labor," Harper's Magazine, June 1956
“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” — Harry S. Truman · Special Message to the Congress on the State of the Union, January 8, 1947
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” — Ronald Reagan · Address to the Annual Meeting of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, March 30, 1961
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” — James Madison · Letter to George Thompson, June 30, 1825
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” — Abraham Lincoln · Letter to Henry L. Pierce, April 6, 1859
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” — Abraham Lincoln · Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
“This, for the purpose of this celebration, is the Fourth of July. It is the birthday of your National Independence, and of your political freedom.” — Frederick Douglass · What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, July 5, 1852