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It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases read more
It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases involving not very nice people.
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal
vigilance.
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal
vigilance.
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 always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
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.
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, read more
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of read more
It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
