Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.

Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of read more

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.

I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

Give me liberty, or give me death.

Give me liberty, or give me death.

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.

Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,
For there thy habitation is read more

Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,
For there thy habitation is the heart--
The heart which love of thee alone can bind;
And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd--
To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom,
Their country conquers with their martyrdom.
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),

Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.

Liberty consists in wholesome restraint.