Quotes on Freedom

What is the essence of America?  Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom “to” and freedom “from.”

We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls.  ~Robert J. McCracken

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.  ~Elmer Davis

The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things that matter for a nation; the great peaks of honour we had forgotten – duty and patriotism, clad in glittering white; the great pinnacle of sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to heaven. 

If our FREDOM is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Billy Graham

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
Arthur Ashe

And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~Lee Greenwood

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery – Galatians 5:1