Freedom Quotes

"I never submitted the whole system of my shackles to the destruction of my mind."

"Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature."

"We are now to explode the doctrine of passive obedience and non-resistance."

"Intoxication is the first state of slavery."

"The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to alter or abolish."

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined."

"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance."

"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty is finally staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."

"The preservation of virtue is the preservation of freedom."

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom."

"Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men but a right that belongs to us."

"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."

"A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, not as a gift from their sovereign."

"A standing army is a standing menace to liberty."

"The mind of man is naturally inclined toward liberty and independence."

"Liberty once lost is difficult to regain, therefore guard it always."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and sacrifice."

"To be truly free, one must first free oneself from base desires."

"Independence of thought is the prerequisite of true liberty."

"A free press is essential to the maintenance of a free society."

"The dignity of man is inherent, not granted by government."

"The legacy of liberty must be passed on to each new generation."

"Freedom demands not just liberty, but responsibility for its use."

"In the free state, every man is his own legislator."

"If tyranny and oppression ever come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."

"No nation can long endure half free and half slave."

"The circulation of power is the great security of freedom."

"No government ought to be without censors, and where the press is free no one ever will."

"In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights."