Accepting Quote by Thomas I. Emerson

“Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Declaration of Independence...is not a legal prescription conferring powers upon the courts; and the Constitution's refusal to 'deny or disparage' other rights is…

— Laura Schlessinger

“It is a mere truism to say that every nation, whether in America or anywhere else, which desires to maintain its freedom, its independence,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.

— Ferdinand Marcos

Without authority there is no liberty. Freedom is doomed to destruction at every turn, unless there is a recognized right to freedom. And if…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

— Brigham Young

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

— Lord Hailsham

“Freedom must be distinguished from democracy, with which it is often confused.”

— Thomas Sowell

True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.

— Meryl Streep

The principles on which we engaged, of which the charter of our independence is the record, were sanctioned by the laws of our being,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Freedom exists only with power.

— Friedrich Schiller

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing whats right.

— Brigham Young