quotations about liberty
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts.
EDMUND BURKE
letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, Apr. 3, 1777
I will fight the battle of liberty as long as there is a shot in the locker.
DAVID PAUL JONES
attributed, Day's Collacon
Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.
EDWARD BULWER LYTTON
Caxtoniana: A Series of Essays on Life, Literature, and Manners
Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.
EDMUND BURKE
second speech on Conciliation with America, 1775
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.
PATRICK HENRY
speech on the Federal Constitution at the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Jun. 5, 1788
Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights.
GILBERT DU MOTIER
Declaration of the Rights of Man