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  • The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice.

    John Adams (2015). “The Works of John Adams Vol. 6: Defence of the Constitution IV, Discourses on Davila”, p.76, Jazzybee Verlag
  • If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

    Chicago Defender, November 28, 1962.
  • Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

    Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”
  • Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

    'The Soul of Man under Socialism'
  • Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

    "The Liberty Song" (song) (1768). "United we stand, divided we fall!" became a slogan of the American Revolution.
  • Let freedom never perish in your hands.

  • There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

  • Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

    Albert Einstein (1970). “Out of my later years”, Greenwood Pub Group
  • We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

    William Faulkner (2011). “Essays, Speeches & Public Letters”, p.151, Modern Library
  • This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

  • Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

    Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.10, Modern Library
  • The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men.

  • Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

    Labor Day Address at Liberty State Park, delivered 1 September 1980, Jersey City, New Jersey
  • Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

    Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863.
  • In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

    Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.358, Best Books on
  • Of the people, by the people, for the people.

  • But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations ... This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution.

    Religious   Real   War  
    Letter to Hezekiah Niles, 13 Feb. 1818
  • My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!

    Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph”, p.239
  • I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.

    Song: God Bless The U.S.A, Album: American Patriot
  • 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!

    Death   Sweet   Freedom  
    Speech in Virginia Convention, Richmond, Va., 23 Mar. 1775.
  • The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

    United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson), Woodrow Wilson (1918). “President Wilson ̓state papers and addresses”
  • Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

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

    Letter to Henry L. Pierce and Others, 6 Apr. 1859
  • America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

    Harry S. Truman (1967). “The Quotable Harry S. Truman”, Anderson, S.C. : Droke House, distributed by Grosset & Dunlap
  • They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

    Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.270
  • Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

    The American Crisis, 12 Sept. 1777
  • Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.

    Elbert Hubbard (1908). “Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Booker T. Washington. Thomas Arnold. Erasmus. Hypatia. St. Benedict. Mary Baker Eddy”
  • One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

    Children   Sunset   Men  
    Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books
  • Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

    Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books
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