Quotes about Liberty

Americans used to roar like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security.

There is no such thing as liberty,' she heard the quiet, deep, dangerous voice of Don Ramón repeating. 'There is no such thing as liberty. The greatest liberators are usually slaves of an idea. The freest people are slaves to convention and public opinion, and more still, slaves to the industrial machine. There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.

There is no such thing as liberty. The greatest liberators are usually slaves of an idea. The freest people are slaves to convention and public opinion, and more still, slaves to the industrial machine. There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable! This cyclonic issue of secession was to be settled a third of a century later, not by the mighty Webster, the gifted Clay, or the famous Calhoun, but by an awkward, penniless, obscure driver of oxen

From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines.

But there… that night… that moment, it was the first time I'd ever been cut free.

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.

Being without food, fearful for one's life, the bombings — all made me so appreciative of safety, of liberty.

The right to vote is the crown jewel of American liberties, and we will not see its luster diminished.

If I could see the abolition of slavery... I would sing my nunc dimittis with joy.

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.