President Richard Nixon used to say that the first civil right of every American "is the right to be free from domestic violence."

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Glenn explained later that at times it helped to be free of gravity.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

Maryland said it wanted to be free from this prohibition.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

"Information wants to be free,"

VOA: special.2009.09.25

The United States wants Burma to release political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and allow next year's elections to be free and fair.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

"But it is an important election in the sense that they need to be free,fair and non violent in order for Macedonia to qualify for certain EU accession membership qualifications."

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

But Americans with family in Cuba will now be more free to visit and send money to family members.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

He sentenced Brown to be hanged. One of Brown's supporters attempted to find a way to free Brown from jail.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

School administrators point out that the texts may be free online, but students need a way to access them.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

What may be more important to most Americans than religion among their fellow citizens is a government free of it.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

He said it would be best to let the people themselves decide if New Mexico would be a slave or free state.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

He could not be sure of their support if he declared that the purpose of the war was to free the slaves.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

I believe anyone would be perfectly right to interfere with you, so far as to free those you wickedly hold in slavery.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

the saying goes. But the debate over net neutrality could define how free the exchange of information is going to be in the future.

VOA: special.2009.09.25