Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.
More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store
My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed. . . I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature.
We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defenses only of freedom. It is our children's children who may perchance be really free.
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.
We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.
Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state.
All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out
When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.
Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals.
Society exists for the benefit of its members - not the members for the benefit of society.
Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility.
The Ten Commandments are the charter and guide of human liberty, for there can be no liberty without the law.
The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.
For more than two centuries, the defenders of liberty have put their lives on the line, because they have known that we cannot take our freedoms for granted.
I have my shortcomings. But the message, it has no shortcomings. The message of Liberty is what America is all about.
Liberty's chief foe is theology.
Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat. , Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit. ]
I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.
