For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where read more

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and where ever it may lead.

What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and where ever it may lead.

O what a loud and fearful shriek was there!
. . .
Ah me! they view'd beneath read more

O what a loud and fearful shriek was there!
. . .
Ah me! they view'd beneath an hireling's sword
Fallen Kosciusco.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal read more

A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.