I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft is ever won.

For Freedom's battle once begun,
Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft is ever won.

To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes read more

To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes that fence all effort in.

It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born
carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.

It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born
carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects read more

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

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.

Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful… Better a thousandfold abuse of read more

Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful… Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.

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.

A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal read more

A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.