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.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to 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.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare,
And shot my being through earth, sea, and air,
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Yes, while I stood and gazed, my temples bare,
And shot my being through earth, sea, and air,
Possessing all things with intensest love,
O liberty! my spirit felt thee there.

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.

For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of read more

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.