Freedom Quotes

"The greatest threats to liberty are those who come in the guise of patriotism."

"The remaining powers retain by the People are numerous and indefinite."

"The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate its several departments be observed."

"Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power."

"The genius of Republican liberty seems to demand on one side not only that all power should be derived from the people."

"Where an entire nation is engaged in shaking off the chains of slavery, all are not equally fitted for the work."

"The grandeur of American freedom is maintained by the vigilance of its people not the strength of its government."

"There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself."

"It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal republican government."

"Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power."

"The true reason why men enter into society, is to guard their rights."

"The permanency of the constitution is the greatest security of liberty."

"Despotism can only exist in darkness."

"To yield to the desire of some politicians to enlarge the prerogatives of Government is to go in the wrong direction."

"It must be cherished as the palladium of our political safety."

"Liberty should be protected by the Constitution through the people's virtue."

"The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to suppress freedom of the press."

"Individuality is the aim of political liberty."

"The only foundation of a free people is virtue."

"Liberty, according to my metaphysics, is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent."

"A free government cannot endure very long if the tendency of the laws is to create a nobility."

"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud."

"The true curse of slavery is not work but the curse of being commanded."

"The preservation of liberty depends upon the intellectual and moral character of the people."

"God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all nations."

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

"The true and only heaven is liberty."

"It is forbidden to forbid."

"Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it."

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