Do we lose something in life, in order to gain something else?

...like losing freedom of speech over a dictator's command or anger towards the truth that is expressed (through speech) - to build a nation filled with dreams (instead of one based on harsh truth);
...like a child's silence to the violence that her / his superior(s) is / are exerting to the former - for being a minor;
...or a husband's worry about providing enough food on the table over having to perform dangerous jobs;
...or a wife's pain, inflicted by her husband's violence and anger, over her "living happily ever after" dream or hope that the marriage will improve.


Freedom of speech: will it come to a point when we will neither speak nor sing again for what we believe is true, like we were mute, if everything said (seem to be) untrue?