Liberty Quotes

"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost" "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time" "Our democracy is worth fighting for, worth dying for because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man." "The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history." "Liberty when it begins to take root is a plant of rapid growth" "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent, we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter" "Responsibility is the price of freedom." "America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America." "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." "Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness." "The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves." "Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be" "America is an idea, an idea that’s stronger than any army, bigger than any ocean, more powerful than any dictator or tyrant" "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it" "If we are not free, no one will respect us." "The best road to progress is freedom's road" "To enjoy freedom, we have to control ourselves." "The more laws, the less justice" "A right delayed is a right denied."