--- title: "32 Preserve Freedom Quotes by 29 authors" description: "Browse 32 Preserve Freedom quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Preserve Freedom sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/olivier-theyskens-12232_always_i-always-like-to-preserve-my-freedom-i-v_432682.png" --- > [I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivier-theyskens/i-always-like-to-preserve-my-freedom-i-ve-never-really-been-attached/) [Olivier Theyskens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivier-theyskens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/olivier-theyskens-12232_always_i-always-like-to-preserve-my-freedom-i-v_432682.png) > [As freedom is the only safeguard of governments, so are order and moderation generally necessary to preserve freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-macaulay/as-freedom-is-the-only-safeguard-of-governments-so-are-order-and/) [Thomas B. Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-b-macaulay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/thomas-b-macaulay-1980_freedom_as-freedom-is-the-only-safeguard-of-gove_1788994.png) > [Our founders insisted that protecting the states' power to govern themselves was vital to limit the power of Washington and preserve freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/our-founders-insisted-that-protecting-the-states-power-to-govern/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/mike-pence-577_constitution_our-founders-insisted-that-protecting-th_1153060.png) > [Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/posterity-you-will-never-know-how-much-it-cost-the-present-generation/) [John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/john-adams-529_cost_posterity-you-will-never-know-how-much-i_152787.jpg) > [We will act in any necessary way and reach anywhere in order to preserve our freedom of action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoav-gallant/we-will-act-in-any-necessary-way-and-reach-anywhere-in-order-to/) [Yoav Gallant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoav-gallant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/yoav-gallant-5841_action_we-will-act-in-any-necessary-way-and-rea_735488.jpg) > [Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/disdain-the-chain-preserve-your-freedom-and-maintain-your/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/benjamin-franklin-65_chains_disdain-the-chain-preserve-your-freedom_2631885.png) > [Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/posterity-you-will-never-know-how-much-it-has-cost-my-generation-to/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/john-quincy-adams-2098_freedom_posterity-you-will-never-know-how-much-i_884420.png) > [A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/a-man-who-believes-in-freedom-will-do-anything-under-the-sun-to/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/malcolm-x-213_acquire_a-man-who-believes-in-freedom-will-do-an_147704.jpg) > [We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/we-are-so-concerned-to-flatter-the-majority-that-we-lose-sight-of-how/) [William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/118/william-f-buckley-jr-3870_concerned_we-are-so-concerned-to-flatter-the-major_745544.png) > [We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/we-are-expected-to-believe-that-anyone-who-objects-to-the-department/) [L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/l-neil-smith-3636_america_we-are-expected-to-believe-that-anyone-w_565190.png) > [Un-American activity cannot be prevented or routed out by employing un-American methods; to preserve freedom we must use the tools that freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-d-eisenhower/un-american-activity-cannot-be-prevented-or-routed-out-by-employing/) [Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-d-eisenhower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/dwight-d-eisenhower-499_activity_un-american-activity-cannot-be-prevented_1566003.jpg) > [This is the number one responsibility of the Latter-day Saints - to get in the struggle to preserve freedom. Everywhere that Communism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-o-mckay/this-is-the-number-one-responsibility-of-the-latter-day-saints-to-get/) [David O. McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-o-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/david-o-mckay-2062_church_this-is-the-number-one-responsibility-of_1432489.jpg) > [To preserve the freedom of the human mind then and freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/to-preserve-the-freedom-of-the-human-mind-then-and-freedom-of-the/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/thomas-jefferson-43_4th-of-july_to-preserve-the-freedom-of-the-human-min_2858188.jpg) > [I'm intensely anxious to preserve the freedom that gives you the right to think and to act and to talk as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/i-m-intensely-anxious-to-preserve-the-freedom-that-gives-you-the/) [Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/eleanor-roosevelt-381_anxious_i-m-intensely-anxious-to-preserve-the-fr_3164315.jpg) > [“A guy is on the radio talking about the war. Speculating. Speculating. Speculating. He says in less than two hours, we shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-cicero/a-guy-is-on-the-radio-talking-about-the-war-speculating-speculating/) [Noah Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/noah-cicero-27652_freedom_a-guy-is-on-the-radio-talking-about-the_1041884.jpg) > [If you want to be free, or you want to preserve freedom for people, you both need to have laws that make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-zuckerberg/if-you-want-to-be-free-or-you-want-to-preserve-freedom-for-people-you/) [Mark Zuckerberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-zuckerberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/mark-zuckerberg-858_communication_if-you-want-to-be-free-or-you-want-to-pr_1540282.jpg) > [Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. Government is necessary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/our-minds-tell-us-and-history-confirms-that-the-great-threat-to/) [Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/milton-friedman-616_capitalism_our-minds-tell-us-and-history-confirms-t_2379288.jpg) > [Freedom is not just something with which we are born; it is something we achieve. America did not receive a perpetual endowment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/freedom-is-not-just-something-with-which-we-are-born-it-is-something/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/fulton-j-sheen-675_achieve_freedom-is-not-just-something-with-which_297049.jpg) > [“The only way to make a library safe is to lock people out of it. As long as they are allowed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-way-to-make-a-library-safe-is-to-lock-people-out-of-it-as/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/edmund-s-morgan-2-187165_books_the-only-way-to-make-a-library-safe-is-t_2032204.jpg) > [Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities to God are consigned to the dust bin of history. We grew from that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/great-nations-which-fail-to-meet-their-responsibilities-to-god-are/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/ronald-reagan-119_assets_great-nations-which-fail-to-meet-their-r_2196896.jpg) > [The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merely an interlude between wars, but a peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/the-peace-we-seek-in-the-world-is-not-the-flimsy-peace-which-is/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/richard-m-nixon-727_america_the-peace-we-seek-in-the-world-is-not-th_106363.jpg) > [The more we come to rely on government, the fewer freedoms we will enjoy. Government will start dictating what we can own,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cal-thomas/the-more-we-come-to-rely-on-government-the-fewer-freedoms-we-will/) [Cal Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cal-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/cal-thomas-9453_dictating_the-more-we-come-to-rely-on-government-t_2820047.png) > [When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-petraeus/when-you-enlisted-into-the-armed-forces-you-swore-to-support-and/) [David Petraeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-petraeus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/david-petraeus-11182_accepted_when-you-enlisted-into-the-armed-forces_2449885.png) > [Markets are born free, yet no sooner are they born than some would-be emperor is forging chains. Paradoxically, it sometimes happens that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wu/markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are-they-born-than-some-would-be-2/) [Tim Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/tim-wu-7845_believe_markets-are-born-free-yet-no-sooner-are_621479.jpg) > [“The time when a nation most craves ease may be the moment when it can least afford to let down its guard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/the-time-when-a-nation-most-craves-ease-may-be-the-moment-when-it-can/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/richard-m-nixon-727_freedom_the-time-when-a-nation-most-craves-ease_997883.jpg) > [No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/no-nation-could-preserve-its-freedom-in-the-midst-of-continual-warfare/) [James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/james-madison-373_freedom_no-nation-could-preserve-its-freedom-in_1789931.png) > [We can have peace and brotherly love by accepting our responsibility to preserve freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/we-can-have-peace-and-brotherly-love-by-accepting-our-responsibility/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/ronald-reagan-119_accepting_we-can-have-peace-and-brotherly-love-by_3051001.jpg) > [The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-spence/the-function-of-the-law-is-not-to-provide-justice-or-to-preserve/) [Gerry Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-spence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/gerry-spence-9080_freedom_the-function-of-the-law-is-not-to-provid_6252.jpg) > [The question then will be, whether a consolidated government can preserve the freedom and secure the rights of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/the-question-then-will-be-whether-a-consolidated-government-can/) [George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/george-mason-8435_freedom_the-question-then-will-be-whether-a-cons_3054441.jpg) > [Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-graham/family-ownership-provides-the-independence-that-is-sometimes-required/) [Katharine Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/katharine-graham-11632_family_family-ownership-provides-the-independen_2569860.png) > [Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/those-who-are-in-the-power-of-evil-habits-must-conquer-them-as-they/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/samuel-johnson-50_caution_those-who-are-in-the-power-of-evil-habit_259883.png) > [When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do to acquire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/when-a-person-places-the-proper-value-on-freedom-there-is-nothing/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/malcolm-x-213_acquire_when-a-person-places-the-proper-value-on_1321396.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/preserve-freedom/#itemlist", "name": "Preserve Freedom Quotes", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always like to preserve my freedom. 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