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

Liberty, as it is conceived 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 behavior.

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.

Then liberty, like day,
Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven
Fires all the read more

Then liberty, like day,
Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven
Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is
the greatest of all possible evils; for it read more

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is
the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and
madness, without tuition or restraint.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

'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.

If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone
or brass, it will beat read more

If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone
or brass, it will beat them down.