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I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression.
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
A regard for liberty, though a laudable passion, ought commonly to be subordinate to a reverence for established government.
It is true that liberty is precious so precious that it must be rationed.
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealously, to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon a supposition that he may abuse it.
Of what use is political liberty to those who have no bread? It is of value only to ambitious theorists and politicians.
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.
Reason and virtue alone can bestow liberty.
There is no liberty worth anything which is not a liberty under law.
Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.
Give me the liberty to know, according to conscience, above all other liberties.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights; and that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Is life so dear, pr peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
In the same proportion that ignorance and vice prevail in a republic, will the government partake of despotism.
Easier were it to hurl the rooted mountain from its base, than force the yoke of slavery upon men determined to be free.
Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.
The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever from it be of government; the liberty of a private man is being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God, and of his country.
The only rational liberty is that which is born of subjection, reared in the fear of God and love of man, and made courageous in the defense of a trust, and the prosecution of a duty.
What is life? It is not to stalk about, and draw fresh air, or gaze upon the sun; it is to be free.
Oh, give me liberty! For even were paradise my prison, still I should long to leap the crystal walls.
There are two freedoms, the false where one is free to do what he likes, and the true where he is free to do what he ought.
Patrick Henry (1736-1799) American statesman.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Anglo-Irish playwright, critic.
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) Anglo-American writer.
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) American president.
A regard for liberty, though a laudable passion, ought commonly to be subordinate to a reverence for established government.
David Hume (1711-1776) Scottish philosopher, historian.
It is true that liberty is precious so precious that it must be rationed.
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealously, to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon a supposition that he may abuse it.
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) Lord Protector of England.
Of what use is political liberty to those who have no bread? It is of value only to ambitious theorists and politicians.
Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793) French revolutionary
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) Irish lawyer Politician
True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.
Jonathan Edwards.
Reason and virtue alone can bestow liberty.
Shaftesbury.
There is no liberty worth anything which is not a liberty under law.
N.J.Burton.
Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.
Bulwer.
Give me the liberty to know, according to conscience, above all other liberties.
Milton.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights; and that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Jefferson.
Is life so dear, pr peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
Patrick Henry.
In the same proportion that ignorance and vice prevail in a republic, will the government partake of despotism.
Sprague.
Easier were it to hurl the rooted mountain from its base, than force the yoke of slavery upon men determined to be free.
Southey.
Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.
Bolingbroke.
The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever from it be of government; the liberty of a private man is being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God, and of his country.
Cowley.
The only rational liberty is that which is born of subjection, reared in the fear of God and love of man, and made courageous in the defense of a trust, and the prosecution of a duty.
Simmns.
What is life? It is not to stalk about, and draw fresh air, or gaze upon the sun; it is to be free.
Addison.
Oh, give me liberty! For even were paradise my prison, still I should long to leap the crystal walls.
Dryden.
There are two freedoms, the false where one is free to do what he likes, and the true where he is free to do what he ought.
c. kingsley.
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