Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid read more

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is read more

There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors.

In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only read more

In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only proceed from the publick. The publick, then, is to be watched, in this country, as, in other countries kings and aristocrats are to be watched.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with read more

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. - Beyond the Horizon, 1942.

We do not have censorship. What we have is a limitation on what newspapers can report.

We do not have censorship. What we have is a limitation on what newspapers can report.

Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.

A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.

Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.

Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.