There are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the
people by the gradual and silent encroachment of those in power,
than by violent and sudden usurpation.
    -- President James Madison.  1751-1836

We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the
ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
    -- Unknown.

The natural progress of things is for government to gain ground and
for liberty to yield.
    -- President Thomas Jefferson.    1743-1826

Every normal man must be tempted at times, to spit on his hands, hoist
the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
    -- H.L. Mencken.    1880-1956

Freedom is a hard-bought thing.
    -- Paul Robeson.    1898-1976

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
    -- President George Washington.    1732-1799

There are two freedoms -- the false, where a man is free to do what he
likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.
    -- Charles Kingsley.    1819-1875

Denn was ist Freiheit? Dasz man den Willen zur Selbstverantwortlichkeit hat.
(Then what is freedom? It is the will to be responsible to ourselves.)
    -- Friedrich Neitzsche.    1844-1900

Liberty is its own reward.
    -- President Woodrow Wilson.    1856-1924

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
    -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Letter to Josiah Quincy, Sept. 11, 1773.

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not
have, nor do they deserve, either one.
    -- President Thomas Jefferson.    1743-1826

A little rebellion now is a good thing.
    -- President Thomas Jefferson.    1743-1826

He who has lost freedom has nothing left to lose.
    -- Unknown.

Moderation in the protection of liberty is no virtue; extremism in the
defense of freedom is no vice.
    -- Senator Barry Goldwater.    1909-1998

Don't be a fool and die for your country. Make the other fool die for
his country.
    -- General George S. Patton.    1885-1945

Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious.
    -- Oscar Wilde.    1854-1900

Freedom is just another word for "nothing to lose."
    -- Kris Kristofferson.    1936-

The only future peace has to offer is war.
    -- Unknown.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
    -- Mark Twain.    1835-1910

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to
do what we ought.
    -- Pope John Paul II.    1920-

Assassination: The extreme form of censorship.
    -- George Bernard Shaw .    1856-1950

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
    -- George Bernard Shaw .    1856-1950

The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood
of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
    -- President Thomas Jefferson.    1743-1826

It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.
    -- Vice President John C. Calhoun.    1782-1850

If a nation expects to be both ignorant and free, it expects what
never was and never will be.
    -- President Thomas Jefferson.    1743-1826

Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must, like men,
undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
    -- Thomas Paine.    1737-1809

There is no greater power in the universe than the need for
freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot
stand.
    -- "Babylon 5"

I anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions
it will be sufficient to say I am an American.
    -- Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), 1800.