Liberty Quotes

"Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom." "The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way." "A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither." "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." "What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist" "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." "To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them" "The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom." "A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both." "Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life." "The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion" "Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave" "That no free government or the blessing of liberty can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice moderation temperance frugality and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles" "The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments"