Alan Gross Quotes

Freedom has never been free.

Freedom has always been an expensive thing.

Liberty is worth paying for.

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

Freedom—the power to do what we like—a little thing it seems, but it has been bought with a great price.

Money's the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive.

Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.

Freedom requires no effort to enjoy but requires heroic efforts to preserve.

Finally, people are starting to recognize freedom and peace do have a cause, they do have a price.

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.

We do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. All people must obtain these rights.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

We should not forget, no matter how we quantify it: 'Freedom is not free.' It is a painful lesson, but one from which we have learned in the past and one we should never forget.

After so much suffering, after enduring so much sacrifice, sanctioned and embraced by our people, what is it that the people of East Timor expect as a result of independence?

The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the House act to protect it as we approach our nation's birthday, and as our men and women in uniform rally behind it in Iraq's battlefields.

America's honor, your honor is at stake. Go out and preserve the greatest country in the history of the world.

We cannot avoid facing the fact that we occupied a new place among the people of the world… Our flag is a proud flag, and it stands for liberty and civilization. Where it has once floated, there must be no return to tyranny.

We should not forget that the essence of the European culture is freedom. For the European, freedom is a calling from above as truth and freedom are inseparable.

Liberty has its roots in blood.

The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other, but that every one shall have liberty, without hindrance, to be what God made him.