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Even though we know freedom as an idea we're not really as free as we think we are.

Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.

People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people.

Freedom has never been free.

Freedom is just another word: It seems to get truer the older I get.

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

It takes a long time to build democracy, to build freedom.

We know there is no such thing as freedom without the risk of failure.

I do believe that freedom isn't free - but today the corporate and political right wing is trying to cheapen this truly American value. They've been cynically using the word 'freedom' to rally the American public against its own best interests.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.