Quotes about Liberty
Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
— Abraham Lincoln
There is preparing, I hope, under the auspices of heaven, a way for a total emancipation.
— Thomas Jefferson
Freedom is not our gift to the world it is God's gift to humanity.
— George W. Bush
The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
— Thomas Jefferson
Freedom is the direction of history, because freedom is the permanent hope of humanity.
— George W. Bush
Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity.
— George W. Bush
Liberty is the right and hope of all humanity.
— George W. Bush
A woman needs independence, not equality. In most cases, equality is a step down.
— Coco Chanel
If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must drive far away the demon of party spirit and local reproach.
— George Washington
Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul.
— John Adams
If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
— Thomas Jefferson