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The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.
The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.
It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.
It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.
"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our read more
"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men." -Samuel Adams
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Every law is an infraction of liberty.
Every law is an infraction of liberty.
