Quotes about Freedom

Two hundred years ago when slavery was going on it was illegal to educate a slave, particularly to teach them to read. Why do you think that was? Because when you educate a man, you liberate a man.

They decreed that the American government always be controlled by the will of the people, not the people by the will of the government.

Under the Constitution, our government follows the model set out by Thomas Jefferson: "A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

With all of their backbreaking hard work, they felt it unfair to have such a significant portion of the fruits of their labors confiscated by a government that neither represented their interests nor respected their freedom.

The real question is, will we as Americans, accustomed to freedom, continue to sheepishly submit to the purveyors of political correctness without recognizing its erosive effects on our freedom?

Freedom is not reserved for those unwilling to fight for it.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never will be.

It becomes somewhat absurd when some claim that the sight of a Bible or a cross causes them so much psychological distress that it impinges upon their freedom. It is important that we learn to be reasonable and tolerant of everyone's beliefs without going to such extremes that we compromise everyone's rights.

Even if the steering wheel fits, you don't have to keep gripping it.

A Christian is held captive by anything that hinders the abundant and effective Spirit-filled life God planned for him or her.

victory is not determined as much by what we've been delivered from as by what we've been delivered to.

To be free in Christ, our high places will have to fall. We must be willing to take a stand against idolatry.