Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success…

What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?…

— Thomas Jefferson

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

— Wendell Phillips

The price of barbecue is eternal vigilance.

— Thomas Jefferson

The price of peace is eternal vigilance

— George C. Marshall

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.

— Thomas Jefferson

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

— Anonymous

The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both.

— Christopher Hitchens

Once you get a tyranny, you don't easily get rid of it. Much better to remember about eternal vigilance.

— Martha Gellhorn

It takes a fierce devotion to defend your artistic space, and eternal vigilance over it, because the needs of others will grow like vines…

— Judith Ortiz Cofer

The price of metaphor is eternal vigilance.

— Arturo Rosenblueth

“This is the secret of the political history of modern India. Weakened by division, it succumbed to invaders; impoverished by invaders, it lost all…

— Will Durant

Habit is a powerful means of advancement, and the habit of eternal vigilance and diligence, rarely fails to bring a substantial reward.

— Lewis Howard Latimer

Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy.

— Thomas Jefferson

“The price of fitness is eternal vigilance, and the greatest spur to diligence is the daily log.”

— Chris Crowley

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price…

— Andrew Jackson