--- title: "9 Liberty Independence Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Liberty Independence quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Liberty Independence sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/voltaire-173_character_the-true-character-of-liberty-is-indepen_1847769.png" --- > [The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/the-true-character-of-liberty-is-independence-maintained-by-force/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/voltaire-173_character_the-true-character-of-liberty-is-indepen_1847769.png) > [Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davy-crockett/throughout-the-day-no-time-for-memorandums-now-go-ahead-liberty-and/) [Davy Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davy-crockett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/davy-crockett-12646_forever_throughout-the-day-no-time-for-memorandu_1580333.jpg) > [“Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-hale/liberty-independence-are-they-to-remain-only-words-gentlemen-let-us/) [Nathan Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-hale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/nathan-hale-30349_fighting_liberty-independence-are-they-to-remain_750948.jpg) > [What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/what-constitutes-the-bulwark-of-our-own-liberty-and-independence/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/abraham-lincoln-88_civic-minded_what-constitutes-the-bulwark-of-our-own_803269.png) > [What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/what-constitutes-the-bulwark-of-our-own-liberty-and-independence-it/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/abraham-lincoln-88_army_what-constitutes-the-bulwark-of-our-own_1093766.jpg) > [If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/if-we-mean-to-support-the-liberty-and-independence-which-has-cost-us/) [George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/george-washington-257_blood_if-we-mean-to-support-the-liberty-and-in_1264630.jpg) > [“Let no man dare, when I am dead, to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindy-brandner/let-no-man-dare-when-i-am-dead-to-charge-me-with-dishonor-let-no-man/) [Cindy Brandner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindy-brandner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/cindy-brandner-52355_freedom_let-no-man-dare-when-i-am-dead-to-charge_1412404.jpg) > [What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea-coasts, our army and our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/what-constitutes-the-bulwark-of-our-liberty-and-independence-it-is/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/abraham-lincoln-88_army_what-constitutes-the-bulwark-of-our-libe_2744856.png) > [“It has often given my pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/it-has-often-given-my-pleasure-to-observe-that-independent-america/) [John Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-jay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/john-jay-31836_fortune_it-has-often-given-my-pleasure-to-observ_2488431.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liberty-independence/#itemlist", "name": "Liberty Independence Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Voltaire" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/the-true-character-of-liberty-is-independence-maintained-by-force/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/voltaire-173_character_the-true-character-of-liberty-is-indepen_1847769.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/voltaire-173_character_the-true-character-of-liberty-is-indepen_1847769.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/voltaire-173_character_the-true-character-of-liberty-is-indepen_1847769.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force” — Voltaire", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. 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With equal pleasure I have as often taken notice, that Providence has been pleased to give us this one connected country to one united people -a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who, by they their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side throughout a long and bloody war, have nobly established general liberty and independence.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Jay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-jay/it-has-often-given-my-pleasure-to-observe-that-independent-america/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/john-jay-31836_fortune_it-has-often-given-my-pleasure-to-observ_2488431.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/john-jay-31836_fortune_it-has-often-given-my-pleasure-to-observ_2488431.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/john-jay-31836_fortune_it-has-often-given-my-pleasure-to-observ_2488431.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It has often given my pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant…” — John Jay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liberty-independence/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liberty-independence/", "name": "Liberty Independence Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liberty-independence/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/voltaire-173_character_the-true-character-of-liberty-is-indepen_1847769.png" }, "description": "Browse 9 Liberty Independence quotes by 7 authors. 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