A friend of mine asked me today to define freedom. I'll give my answer but a few others before that:

"Freedom is the distance between church and state." ~

"Freedom is the ability to make choices about the direction you want your life to go in
and the ability to affect changes on your life." ~AxInNitsky

"Freedom is 2000 lbs of explosives. Only if its our bomb though, otherwise its terror." ~ US Gov't

"Freedom can be defined as that state of being which is characterized by a knowledge of absolute truth and a responsible adherence to and application of that truth. " ~Mary Ann Diorio, Ph. D.