"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our read more

"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men." -Samuel Adams

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.

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

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

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

Liberty, as it is concieved 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 behaviour.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.