Freedom Quotes

"To live free, one must first be willing to die for freedom."

"To live under tyranny by choice is to surrender the very essence of manhood."

"The price of peace purchased through submission is the loss of oneself."

"Those who surrender their freedom for safety have surrendered both."

"Those who remember the night ride remember that freedom demands eternal vigilance."

"A legacy of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of comfortable servitude."

"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."

"Religious freedom is the foundation of all other freedoms."

"The Constitution was established to secure the blessing of liberty."

"The true distinction between free and despotic governments consists in this."

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."

"Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty."

"Religious liberty is a characteristic of our country."

"The preservation of liberty requires the constant vigilance of the people."

"Freedom arises from a multiplicity of sects, which pervades America."

"The happiness which the Constitution promises is that of secure liberty."

"The rights retained by the people are the principal and the powers granted to the government are secondary."

"The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief."

"The most distinguished characteristics of the American spirit are the love of freedom and the respect for learning."

"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge and sensibility in the people."

"A man may be as much a slave in a palace as in a cottage."

"No one has ever been able to define the word liberty to my satisfaction."

"Liberty can no more exist alone than the body can live and act without the mind."

"I am not, never was, and never shall be, in favor of slavery."

"Tyranny is the exercise of some power over a man, which he has not consented to."

"Humanity has a right to change its government."

"Rights are not given; they are inherent."

"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance."

"The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking."

"The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will of any man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule."