23rd March: Liberty Day

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Day, or Liberty Day Honours Patrick Henry and his famous 1775 quote, 'Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death'. Here are more quotes on the subject of freedom:

1. My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
2. The amenities of society, arbitrary and often absurd, beset us at every turn and it is only in larger things that one’s will is really free. Jean Stafford
3. Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom. Marilyn Ferguson
4. Freedom means choosing your burden. Hepzibah Menuhin
5. The function of freedom is to free somebody else. Toni Morrison
6. You can spend a whole lifetime Trying to be What you think is expected of you But you’ll never be free. Chris Rea
7. I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. Simone de Beauvoir
8. The door to your cage is open. All you have to do is walk out, if you dare. George Lucas
9. The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear. H. Agar
10. None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe