The world's 'freeest'
country has the highest
number in prison.

The world's 'freeest'
country has the highest
number in prison.

I want free life, and I want fresh air;
And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,
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I want free life, and I want fresh air;
And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,
The crack of the whip like shots in battle,
The medley of horns, and hoofs, and heads
That wars, and wrangles, and scatters and spreads;
The green beneath and the blue above,
And dash, and danger, and life and love.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in read more

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility--I welcome it.

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark read more

You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?

Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful… Better a thousandfold abuse of read more

Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful… Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.

Free soil, free men, free speech, Fremont.

Free soil, free men, free speech, Fremont.