The Source of Freedom

I was prepared to have my own musings of freedom and patriotism throughout the week but then Steve went and wrote an amazing blog on the true source of freedom so all I'm going to do is recommend popping over there for a read.

To whet your appetite, here is a sentence from his entry on June 30th (his entry for today has great quotes from John Adams too):

Freedom is not a right given to us by the constitution. Even before the constitution existed there was freedom and even if the constitution is destroyed freedom will exist. It is not a something which can be given and taken away by any man or group of men. It is not something which can be purchased or won.