#Liberty

"If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them."

"The will of the people, moreover, practically means the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people; the majority, or those who succeed in making themselves accepted as the majority; type people, consequently, may desire to oppress a part of their number; and precautions are as much needed against this as against any other abuse of power."

"To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body."

"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."

"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

"Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty."

"The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life."

"My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out."

"All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions."

"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. Aristotle speaks plainly to this purpose, saying, 'that the institution of youth should be accommodated to that form of government under which they live; forasmuch as it makes exceedingly for the preservation of the present government, whatsoever it be."

"It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom."

"We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it."

"No man owns me. All man can do is practice the timeless, criminal art of threatening to separate my soul from her physical host."

"The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it."

"Invariably, knowledge dictates life, liberty, and death, but those who have historically occupied the seats of power not only dictate what is defined as knowledge but also dictate what’s included, what’s excluded, and how it is filtered to society vis-à-vis America’s major institutions . . . particularly the educational system; ultimately, shaping the very essence of life."

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

"The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world."

"Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade..."

"A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will be."

"Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life."