Quotes of Freedom and Liberty
Here are some quotes from the men that helped make America free:
"Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day" - Thomas Jefferson
"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty" - John Adams
"I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death" - Patrick Henry
"And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice" - Joseph Story
"Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing" - Thomas Paine
"All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth-that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the Ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?"" - Benjamin Franklin
"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state" - Thomas Jefferson
"A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but a regard to the public good and to the sense of the people." - Alexander Hamilton
"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government" - George Washington
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States" - Noah Webster
"I consider the war of America against Britain as the country's war, the public's war, or the war of the people in their own behalf, for the security of their natural rights, and the protection of their own property" - Thomas Paine
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive" - Thomas Jefferson
"Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day" - Thomas Jefferson
"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty" - John Adams
"I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death" - Patrick Henry
"And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice" - Joseph Story
"Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing" - Thomas Paine
"All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance? I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth-that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the Ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid?"" - Benjamin Franklin
"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state" - Thomas Jefferson
"A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but a regard to the public good and to the sense of the people." - Alexander Hamilton
"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government" - George Washington
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States" - Noah Webster
"I consider the war of America against Britain as the country's war, the public's war, or the war of the people in their own behalf, for the security of their natural rights, and the protection of their own property" - Thomas Paine
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive" - Thomas Jefferson
