They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.    •    I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.    •    In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master."    •    Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.    •    Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.    •    Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.    •    Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!    •    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.    •    It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.    •    Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.    •    I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.    •    'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.    •    When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.    •    I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.    •    No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.    •    Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.    •    Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.    •    A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only  exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the  public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the  candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the  result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed  by a dictatorship.    •    Once the Second Amendment has been carefully debilitated, all the rest will be easy.     •    Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.     •    The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.     •    Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.     •    God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.     •    They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.    •    I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.    •    In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master."    •    Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.    •    Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.    •    Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.    •    Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!    •    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.    •    It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.    •    Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.    •    I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.    •    'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.    •    When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.    •    I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.    •    No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.    •    Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.    •    Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.    •    A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only  exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the  public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the  candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the  result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed  by a dictatorship.    •    Once the Second Amendment has been carefully debilitated, all the rest will be easy.     •    Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.     •    The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.     •    Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.     •    God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.     •    They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.    •    I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.    •    In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master."    •    Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.    •    Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.    •    Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.    •    Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!    •    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.    •    It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.    •    Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.    •    I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.    •    'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.    •    When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.    •    I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.    •    No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.    •    Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.    •    Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.    •    A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only  exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the  public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the  candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the  result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed  by a dictatorship.    •    Once the Second Amendment has been carefully debilitated, all the rest will be easy.     •    Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.     •    The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.     •    Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.     •    God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.     •    They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.    •    I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.    •    In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master."    •    Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.    •    Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.    •    Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.    •    Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!    •    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.    •    It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.    •    Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.    •    I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.    •    'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.    •    When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.    •    I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.    •    No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.    •    Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.    •    Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.    •    A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only  exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the  public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the  candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the  result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed  by a dictatorship.    •    Once the Second Amendment has been carefully debilitated, all the rest will be easy.     •    Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.     •    The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.     •    Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.     •    God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.     •    They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.    •    I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.    •    In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master."    •    Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.    •    Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.    •    Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.    •    Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!    •    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.    •    It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.    •    Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.    •    I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.    •    'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.    •    When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.    •    I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.    •    No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.    •    Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.    •    Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.    •    A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only  exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the  public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the  candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the  result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed  by a dictatorship.    •    Once the Second Amendment has been carefully debilitated, all the rest will be easy.     •    Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.     •    The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.     •    Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.     •    God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.     •    They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.    •    I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.    •    In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master."    •    Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.    •    Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.    •    Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.    •    Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!    •    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.    •    It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.    •    Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.    •    I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.    •    'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.    •    When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.    •    I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.    •    No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.    •    Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.    •    Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.    •    A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only  exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the  public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the  candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the  result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed  by a dictatorship.    •    Once the Second Amendment has been carefully debilitated, all the rest will be easy.     •    Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.     •    The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.     •    Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.     •    God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.     •    They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.    •    I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.    •    In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master."    •    Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.    •    Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.    •    Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.    •    Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!    •    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.    •    It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.    •    Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.    •    I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.    •    'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.    •    When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.    •    I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.    •    No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.    •    Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.    •    Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.    •    A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only  exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the  public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the  candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the  result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed  by a dictatorship.    •    Once the Second Amendment has been carefully debilitated, all the rest will be easy.     •    Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.     •    The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.     •    Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.     •    God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.     •    They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.    •    I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.    •    In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master."    •    Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.    •    Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.    •    Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.    •    Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!    •    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.    •    It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.    •    Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.    •    I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.    •    'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.    •    When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.    •    I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.    •    No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.    •    Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.    •    Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.    •    A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only  exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the  public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the  candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the  result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed  by a dictatorship.    •    Once the Second Amendment has been carefully debilitated, all the rest will be easy.     •    Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.     •    The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.     •    Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.     •    God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.     •    They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.    •    I will accept the rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.    •    In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master."    •    Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.    •    Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.    •    Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.    •    Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!    •    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.    •    It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.    •    Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.    •    I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.    •    'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.    •    When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.    •    I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.    •    No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.    •    Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.    •    Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.    •    A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only  exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the  public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the  candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the  result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed  by a dictatorship.    •    Once the Second Amendment has been carefully debilitated, all the rest will be easy.     •    Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.     •    The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.     •    Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.     •    God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.     •