Liberty Quotes
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
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“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin
― Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin

“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”
― Complete Works - Volume XII
― Complete Works - Volume XII

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?”
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“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.”
― The Infinity Sign
― The Infinity Sign

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
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“I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.”
― On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
― On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.”
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“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be”
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“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”
― Their Morals and Ours: The Class Foundations of Moral Practice
― Their Morals and Ours: The Class Foundations of Moral Practice

“I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.”
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“There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.”
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“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.”
― The Liberty Of Man, Woman And Child
― The Liberty Of Man, Woman And Child

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.”
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“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
Falling, like dew, upon a thought produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think.”
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Falling, like dew, upon a thought produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think.”
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“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!”
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“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
[Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]”
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[Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]”
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“The advancement of science and the diffusion of information [is] the best aliment to true liberty.”
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“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
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“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.
[Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]”
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[Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]”
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“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
― Areopagitica
― Areopagitica

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”
― Silence Dogood / The Busy-Body / Early Writings
― Silence Dogood / The Busy-Body / Early Writings
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