Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.

Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.

Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that
peoples our forests with assassins.
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To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that
peoples our forests with assassins.
[Fr., Rendre l'homme infame, et le laisser libre, est une
absurdite qui peuple nos forets d'assassins.]

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.

We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty is the right to do as the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do as the law permits.

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is
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But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is
the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and
madness, without tuition or restraint.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.