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.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is
the greatest of all possible evils; for it read more

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.

A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

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.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it read more

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.

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

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

One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.

One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.