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 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. 
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to read more
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws
All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws
Where liberty dwells, there is my country.
Where liberty dwells, there is my country.
 '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. 
 Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect 
everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will 
preserve it read more 
 Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect 
everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will 
preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that 
force, you are inevitably ruined. 
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.