What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Once you get a tyranny, you don't easily get rid of it. Much better to remember about eternal vigilance. — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
It takes a fierce devotion to defend your artistic space, and eternal vigilance over it, because the needs of others will grow… — Judith Ortiz Cofer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Freedom is like holding a small bird. If you squeeze it too hard, you will kill it. But if you don't hold… — Alex Kotlowitz Copy Share Image
Law is often the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We must have a government which is not only a guarantor of public order and safety and which preserves the right of… — George Lincoln Rockwell Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Eternal vigilance is only part of the price of freedom. The maturity to live with imperfections is another crucial part of the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we've got to keep generating it or the lights go out. — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Card players have a saying: "It's all right to play if you keep your eyes on the deck" - which is another… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Voting is no substitute for the eternal vigilance that every friend of freedom must demonstrate towards government. If our freedom is to… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The price of liberty is something more than eternal vigilance. There must also be eternal advance. We can save the rights we… — Henry Demarest Lloyd Copy Share Image
