Even Moshe could not speak freely. "I am not a man of words," he told God. The servitude in Egypt created a race of people who lacked the ability to express their thoughts and feelings.
The gift of freedom give at Pesach is the gift of the ability to truly express yourself. This is why Kabbalists teach us that פסח (Pesach) can be understood as פה סח, the mouth speaks. It is the holiday that enables us with the freedom to be truly and freely expressive. For this reason we are taught in the Hagaddah that one who increases his discussion of the story of the Exodus is praiseworthy. This is encouragement in the Hagaddah to find a place to ad lib your own expression of what freedom means to yourself. Not to be satisfied with the expressions placed before you in the Hagaddah but to take the time to connect with your inner feelings about freedom and Pesach and to take the opportunity to express them.
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