Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences , injurious to society , morality.
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.
I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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