Freedom Quotes

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."

"A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain status quo liberty."

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government."

"The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field."

"With freedom comes responsibility."

"In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude."

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man."

"I declare myself an abolitionist of slavery and an advocate for the equal rights of all women."

"In this assumption of the rights of man, we but assert the prerogative of our race."

"I declare myself an abolitionist of slavery and all forms of tyranny."

"The first step in woman's emancipation must be the cultivation of a spirit of independence."

"I hold that woman is a human being as much as a man and that her rights are sacred."

"Woman must become a citizen and lose the right of obedience in marriage."

"The subjection of women has always been the core of all slavery."

"I am a woman's rights. I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man."

"I wish women to have their rights, and there is no one who can deny it."

"I have heard that the colored people in this country have sent out a vote."

"I want my people to understand that freedom is a precious thing."

"I want women to have the right to earn their own living."

"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling freedom."

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."

"The true security of liberty must be in the hearts of people; it must be an affair of conviction."

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."

"You will know the truth and it will set you free."

"We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism."

"The loss of liberty is usually precipitated by assuming it is secure."

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom."

"The wealth of nations is built upon the enterprise and industry of free men."

"For a free people, the only true security lies in their own vigilance and virtue."

"Legal restrictions on the press will ultimately strengthen tyranny."