Liberty
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.
- Barton, Bruce
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
- Cicero
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Franklin, Benjamin
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
- George, David Lloyd
Give me Liberty or give me death!
- Henry, Patrick
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
- Ingersoll, Robert G.
Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.
- Jefferson, Thomas
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
- Rousseau, Jean J.
We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world.
- Twain, Mark
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
- Washington, George
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.
- Webster, Daniel
