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, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emma Goldman, Zora Neale Hurston, Thomas Jefferson, Helen Keller, Niccol Machiavelli, Barack Obama, Thomas Paine, Richard Rodriguez, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Henry David Thoreau, Alexis de Tocqueville, Sojourner Truth, Mark Twain, and Mary Wollstonecraft.