Freedom Quotes
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"Freedom must be combined with order."Queen Victoria
"Freedom is worth fighting for."Queen Victoria
"Freedom is the highest human right."Queen Victoria
"Freedom requires constant vigilance."Queen Victoria
"Freedom is a sacred right, but it must be exercised with responsibility."Prince Metternich
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become absolutely free, or to die."Prince Metternich
"Freedom must be balanced with responsibility and duty."Queen Victoria
"The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government."Lord Palmerston
"In matters of conscience, I acknowledge no superior but my own judgment."Lord Palmerston
"To question authority is not disloyalty; it is the highest form of patriotism."Lord Palmerston
"A nation that cannot defend itself will not long remain free."Lord Palmerston
"The love of freedom is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves."William Gladstone
"To love freedom is to respect the freedom of others to hold differing beliefs."William Gladstone
"The true nature of freedom is found in the voluntary acceptance of duty."William Gladstone
"The independence of the press is the cornerstone of liberty."Prince Metternich
"Order must be established before liberty can flourish."Prince Metternich
"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parties."Edmund Burke
"It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free."Edmund Burke
"Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy."Edmund Burke
"We are afraid to put men to live and work out their own salvation without a political constitution."Edmund Burke
"To be governed is to have every transaction, every movement noted, registered, counted, rated, stamped, measured."Edmund Burke
"The true danger to liberty comes from far greater adversaries than government."Edmund Burke
"Freedom is the birthright of all men."Wilhelm II
"The sanction of society is essential to the freedom of the individual."Benjamin Disraeli
"True independence is achieved through the cultivation of virtue and knowledge."Benjamin Disraeli
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."Lord Palmerston
"To think independently is the first requirement of freedom."Lord Palmerston
"The price of freedom includes the burden of responsibility."Lord Palmerston
"Independence is happiness."Queen Victoria
"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs."John Stuart Mill