The love of liberty with life is given,
And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.

The love of liberty with life is given,
And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.

To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that
peoples our forests with assassins.
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To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that
peoples our forests with assassins.
[Fr., Rendre l'homme infame, et le laisser libre, est une
absurdite qui peuple nos forets d'assassins.]

I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.

I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death.

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of read more

It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

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.

Give me liberty, or give me death.

Give me liberty, or give me death.