There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
What light is to the eyes – what air is to the lungs – what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.
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