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“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”
Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1793-1798
Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1786-1787
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.”
Source: Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson
“Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.”
“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”
Source: The History of Freedom: Great Event
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
“The best road to progress is freedom's road.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
“The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.”
Source: The Pursuit of Justice
Source: Either/or
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
Source: Charles Kingsley, His Letters and Memories of His Life
“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.”
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
Source: James Madison's
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”
Source: James Madison's
“You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations
Source: Works: with a life of the author
“Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.”
Source: The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.”
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”