
Source: The Blue Book of Freedom: Ending Famine, Poverty, Democide, and War (2007), p. 11
Chapter VI http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/abeslmca3t.html
1830s, An Appeal on Behalf of That Class of Americans Called Africans (1833)
Source: The Blue Book of Freedom: Ending Famine, Poverty, Democide, and War (2007), p. 11
Letter to her husband Harold Nicolson (1 June 1919); published in Harold and Vita (1992), by Nigel Nicolson, p. 89
2000s, The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002), Q&A
“Mistaking insolence for freedom has always been the hallmark of the slave.”
Source: Listen, Little Man!
Speech in the House of Commons (18 November, 1783). Compare: "And with necessity, / The tyrant's plea, / excus'd his devilish deeds", John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book iv, line 393.
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), First Inaugural address (1981)
Context: If we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people on earth, it was because here in this land we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extent than has ever been done before. Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay the price.
“Where bastard Freedom waves
The fustian flag in mockery over slaves.”
To the Lord Viscount Forbes, written from the City of Washington.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Remarks by President Obama to U.S. Troops and Personnel at U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan in Seoul, Republic of Korea at April 26, 2014 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/04/26/remarks-president-obama-us-troops-and-personnel-us-army-garrison-yongsan
2014
Context: Freedom is not an accident. Progress is not an accident. Democracy is not an accident. These are things that have to be fought for. You’re part of that legacy. They must be won. And they’ve got to be tended to constantly and defended without fail.
Young India (15 December 1921)
1920s