“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.” ~~ Ayn Rand
“And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!” ~~ Francis Scott Key
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.” ~~ John Adams to Abigail Adams, May 12, 1780
“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” ~~ W.E.B. Du Bois
“A true and worthy ideal frees and uplifts a people; a false ideal imprisons and lowers.” ~~ W.E.B. Du Bois
“Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song? ” ~~ Francis Scott Key
“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.” ~~ Benjamin Franklin
“Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.” ~~ Albert Einstein
