This collection of philosophical, political, and personal readings about the twin themes of freedom and responsibility is designed for use within a wide range of composition classes. Shorter and more accessible works will serve early composition courses, and more complex works, will serve well in more advanced composition courses. Authors include Susan B. Anthony, Marcus Aurelius, Clarence Darrow, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Franklin, Emma Goldman, Florence Hartley, Patrick Henry, Zora Neale Hurston, Thomas Jefferson, Helen Keller, John F. Kennedy, Winona LaDuke, Abraham Lincoln, Niccolò Machiavelli, Angela Morales, Barack Obama, Thomas Paine, Richard Rodriguez, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Henry David Thoreau, Alexis de Tocqueville, Sojourner Truth, Mark Twain, Jose Antonio Vargas, Woodrow Wilson, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
