Quotes about Liberty

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“License they mean when they cry liberty.”
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“Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.”
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“The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.”
— Seneca
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“Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.”
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“A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.”
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“If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.”
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“I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.”
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“A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.”
— Seneca
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“It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.”
VerifiedEssays, Moral, Political, and Literary (1741-2; 1748), Part I, Essay 2: Of the Liberty of the Press · evidenceLiberty
“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.”
VerifiedSummary View of the Rights of British America (1774); The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (19 Vols., 1905) edited by Andrew A. Lipscomb and Albert Ellery Bergh, Vol. 1, p. 211 · evidenceLiberty
“Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.”
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“The people never give up their liberties, but under some delusion.”
VerifiedSpeech at a County Meeting of Buckinghamshire (1784) · evidenceLiberty
“Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.”
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“Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.”
VerifiedSpeech at Columbia University (14 January 1954) · evidenceLiberty
“One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.”
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“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”
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“The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.”
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