In my youth, I stressed freedom, and in my old age
I stress order. I have made the great discovery
that liberty is a product of order.
- Will Durant
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.
Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue
- Senator Barry Goldwater (1909-1998)
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what
to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb
contesting the vote!
- Benjamin Franklin
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy
master. The covetous man cannot so properly be
said to possess wealth, as that may be said to
possess him
- Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Essayist, philosopher, and statesman
Money is the sign of liberty. To curse money is to
curse liberty--to curse life, which is nothing, if
it be not free.
- de Gourmont
Money for me has only one sound: liberty.
- Gabrielle Chanel
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the
only guardian of true liberty.
- James Madison
A library is an arsenal of liberty.
- Unknown
They that can give up essential liberty to
purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither
liberty or safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
The cost of liberty is less than the cost of
repression.
- WEB Dubois
Liberty has never come from the government.
Liberty has always come from the subjects of
government. The history of liberty is the history
of resistance. The history of liberty is a history
of the limitation of governmental power, not the
increase of it
- Woodrow Wilson
The only thing that saves us from bureaucracy is
inefficiency An efficient bureaucracy is the
greatest threat to liberty.
- Eugene McCarthy
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a
secret joy, for it means push back a boundary-line
and adding to one`s liberty.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well
or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any
burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,
oppose any foe to assure the survival and the
success of liberty.
- John F. Kennedy
Inaugural Address Washington, D.C. January 20, 1961
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.
Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no
peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale
that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears
the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are
already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What
is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have?
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be
purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course
others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or
give me death!
- Patrick Henry
March 23,1775
