freedom

“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
I believe we are on an irreversible trend towards more freedom and democracy, but that could change. Dan Quayle
Ireland unfree shall never be at peace. Patrick Pearse
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai Stevenson II, Speech in Detroit (7 October 1952)

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In the early years of the 20th century, travelers of the horse-and-buggy era used an unscheduled ferry to cross from Fidalgo Island to Whidbey Island. To call the ferry, they banged a saw with a mallet and then sat back to wait.

see also

liberty