"At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted."
-Eric Idle, comedian, member of Monty Python's Flying Circus (b. 1943)

"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."
-Bob Dylan, musician (b. 1941)

"Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want."
-Kurt Cobain, musician (1967-1994)

"Free speech not only lives, it rocks!"
-Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and actress (b. 1956)

"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home."
-Edward R. Murrow, journalist (1908-1965)

"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels."
-H. L. Mencken, editor and satirist (1880-1956)

"The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism."
-Wole Soyinka, Nigerian playwright and novelist (b. 1934)

"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
-Malcolm X, black nationalist leader (1925 -1965)

"Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women."
-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California (b. 1947)

"Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free."
-General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
-Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa (b. 1918)

"The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women."
-Betty Ford, First Lady (b. 1918)

"The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom."
-Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady (b. 1912)

"I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice."
-Rosa Parks, political activist (1913-2005)

"Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it."
-Rudy Giuliani, Mayor of New York City (b. 1944)

"Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order."
-Barry Goldwater, politician (1909-1998)

"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself."
-Milton Friedman, economist (b. 1912)

"Freedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe."
-David Sarnoff, Russian-US inventor, pioneer, and executive (1891-1971)