It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.

Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves.

I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, read more

I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than read more

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and where ever it may lead.

What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and where ever it may lead.

To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]

To freemen, threats are impotent.
[Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also read more

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

Here the free spirit of mankind, at length,
Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place
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Here the free spirit of mankind, at length,
Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place
A limit to the giant's unchained strength,
Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?