Liberty Quotes

"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom" "Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions" "A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people" "I believe that there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations " "The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world" "If you're not ready to die for it put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary" "The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over its government" "He who is brave is free " "Now go we in content, to liberty, and not to banishment." "Justice is the end of government It is the end of civil society It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained or until liberty be lost in the pursuit" "We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties" "Every step we take towards making the state the caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the state our master." "Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric" "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness You have to catch it yourself" "The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race"