Quotes about Liberty

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves that is our only commitment to others.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

Moreover, the papal system has opposed the march of civilization and liberty throughout the world, by denouncing the circulation of the Bible, and the general diffusion of knowledge. Turn to every land where popery predominates, and you will find an ignorant and debased peasantry, a profligate nobility, and a priesthood, licentious, avaricious, domineering and cruel.

Seeking to be free of something and freed to something.

God was alone when He made His decrees, and His determinations were influenced by no external cause. He was free to decree or not to decree, and to decree one thing and not another. This liberty we must ascribe to Him who is Supreme, Independent, and Sovereign in all His doings.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

The risks of liberty we must let everyone take; but the risks of ignorance and self-helplessness are another matter.

Construction cumbers the ground with institutions made by busybodies. Destruction clears it and gives us breathing space and liberty.

Our Founders always wondered about how long it would last. The price of liberty is everlasting vigilance. You've got to be on your guard every minute or you will lose it.

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