I could not let this holiday go by without a quote or two. So, enjoy the quotes or not; it is your freedom and right to do so or not.
"I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need as self-governing people to hear everything relevant."
John F. Kennedy
"We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression - everwhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want...everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear...anywhere in the world." Franklin D. Roosevelt
"My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular."
Adlai Stevenson
"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." Hubert Humphrey