What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, read more

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

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.

Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.

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.

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.

As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its
friends. Liberty in the wild and read more

As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its
friends. Liberty in the wild and freakish hands of fanatics has
once more, as frequently in the past, proved the effective
helpmate of autocracy and the twin-brother of tyranny.

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is read more

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.