Echoes

Liberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security is so powerful a principle that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often incumbers its operations; though the effect of these obstructions is always more or less either to encroach upon its freedom, or to diminish its security.

…That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

He who is brave is free.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect or a party or a class — it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity.

Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for Liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free Constitution is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People in a greater Measure than they have it now, They may change their Rulers and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty. They will only exchange Tyrants and Tyrannies.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Only the educated are free.

Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood.

Even despots accept the excellence of liberty. The simple truth is that they wish to keep it for themselves and promote the idea that no one else is at all worthy of it. Thus, our opinion of liberty does not reveal our differences but the relative value which we place on our fellow man. We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country.

Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

This nation has a banner… it is the banner of Dawn. It means Liberty… Every color means liberty; every thread means liberty.

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?