Freedom Quotes

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

"A man may own property, but not his liberty."

"The true republic will be when every man thinks his own thoughts and speaks his own thoughts."

"I have always strenuously contended that every individual has a natural right to adopt any opinion and to act by any opinion."

"To say that any people are not fit for freedom is to make poverty their choice and to say they had rather be slaves."

"Nothing is more common than to confuse the liberty of conscience with the liberty of action."

"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

"All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

"I sincerely believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."

"A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth."

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."

"We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it."

"The life and liberty of the human being are sacred above all things."

"The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave."

"The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government."

"Every generation has the right to choose for itself the form of government it believes most promotive of its own happiness."

"I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his own labor."

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it."

"Among the most inestimable of our blessings, is that of having a free press."

"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

"Give me liberty, or give me death."

"Commerce between master and slave is despotism."

"That government is best which governs least."

"The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government."

"The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."

"If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."

"The great thing about this glorious country of ours is that it is the first nation in the history of the world to be founded on the principles of reader choice."