Freedom Quotes
The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.
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"The fairest page of history is the record of those exertions by which men vindicated their rights."Alexander Hamilton
"The general fabrication of falsehoods finds no asylum in this country."Alexander Hamilton
"Despotism can only exist in darkness."Alexander Hamilton
"Freedom is the greatest blessing; slavery the greatest curse."Alexander Hamilton
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge and sensibility in the people."John Adams
"No people will tamely surrender their Liberties."John Adams
"Those entrusted with arms should be an armed citizenry."John Adams
"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can preserve the liberties of the people."John Adams
"Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there is no enemy of darkness so powerful as the sun."John Adams
"Tyranny can only be resisted by those with adequate knowledge of their rights."John Adams
"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."John Adams
"Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."Benjamin Franklin
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."Benjamin Franklin
"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."Benjamin Franklin
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."Benjamin Franklin
"I am here to lay down my life for the cause of justice."John Brown
"It is better to die fighting for freedom than to live on your knees."John Brown
"Liberty and slavery cannot exist together."John Brown
"Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."John Brown
"Let the oppressed go free."John Brown
"My arms and my life are for the cause of human liberty."John Brown
"A man is truly free only when he acts from conscience."John Brown
"The cause of freedom demands sacrifice."John Brown
"Liberty is worth any sacrifice."John Brown
"Freedom is a sacred right."John Brown
"The truth will set us free."John Brown
"We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather bed."Thomas Paine
"When men yield up the exclusive right of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon."Thomas Paine
"Despotism can be exercised by many, but liberty by few."Thomas Paine
"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away for expedience."Thomas Paine
