<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Freedom is not preserved by remembering that our... > Freedom is not preserved by remembering that our ancestors were free; it is preserved by understanding why freedom matters. **Source:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Freedom is not preserved by remembering that our ancestors were free; it is preserved by understanding why freedom matters.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-freedom-preserved-remembering-understanding-freedom-matters ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->