| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 46966 |
| QUOTATION: | Liberty is the air that we Americans breathe. Our Government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free. That civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against the abuse of freedom. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. FDR Speaks authorized edition of speeches, 1933-1945 (recordings of Franklin Roosevelt’s public addresses), side 2, Harvard University tercentenary (Sept. 18, 1936), ed., Henry Steele Commager, Introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, Washington Records, Inc. (1960).
FDR spoke to the students and alumni concerning the pursuit of truth and preservation of academic freedom. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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