Citizens Quote by Anonymous

No free people in history very long maintained their political freedom after having once surrendered their industrial and commercial freedom.

— Robert La Folette

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

— Edith Hamilton

America is said to be the arena on which the battle of freedom is to be fought; but surely it cannot be freedom in…

— Henry David Thoreau

Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer…

— Francine Rivers

“ The Making of an Empire Not all people were regarded as citizens and given the right to vote in the Roman Republic. Many…

— Jean F. Blashfield

“Moreover, a Republic trusting to her own forces, is with greater difficulty than one which relies on foreign arms brought to yield obedience to…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

The mob that hails the man on horseback, the Caesars and conquering heroes, does not retain its freedoms for long.

— Sidney Hook

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

— Jim DeMint

All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.

— Samuel Adams

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

— Vladimir Lenin

Rome was great in arms, in government, in law.

— Goldwin Smith

No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general…

— John Peter Zenger