Where liberty is, there is my country.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, read more

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 the success of liberty.

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases read more

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases involving not very nice people.

Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.

Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
And we are read more

'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
And we are weeds without it.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our read more

"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men." -Samuel Adams

Liberty, as it is concieved by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or read more

Liberty, as it is concieved by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behaviour.