Freedom Quotes

9007 Freedom quotes by 3931 unique authors

As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people.… — Ronald Reagan
Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this stupendous fabrick of… — George Washington
Let us consider, brethren, we are struggling for our best birthrights and inheritance, which being infringed, renders all our blessings precarious in their enjoyments, and,… — Samuel Adams
Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is… — Charles Grandison Finney
It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and made it the… — Ronald Reagan
Throughout our history Americans have put their faith in God and no one can doubt that we have been blessed for it. The earliest settlers… — Ronald Reagan
It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation . . . . Our interest will be to throw open… — Thomas Jefferson
The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never forget . .… — Ronald Reagan
The promulgation of the great doctrines of religion, the being, and attributes, and providence of one Almighty God: the responsibility to him for all our… — Joseph Story
It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history . . . . [It is] the march of freedom and democracy which… — Ronald Reagan
Despotism can do without faith but freedom cannot. — Alexis de Tocqueville
My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners… — George Washington
[America's] glory is not dominion, but liberty. Her march is the march of the mind. She has a spear and a shield: but the motto… — John Quincy Adams
In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example . . . of charters of power granted by liberty.… — James Madison
Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood… — Oliver Ellsworth
I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance. — Thomas Jefferson
Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint… — Fisher Ames
The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now… — George Washington
[H]owever weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties. — Alexander Hamilton
No free country has ever been without Parties, which are a natural offspring of freedom. — James Madison
In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights are the essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of its… — James Madison
If justice, good faith, honor, gratitude and all the other qualities which enoble the character of a nation, and fulfill the ends of Government be… — James Madison
Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred… — Patrick Henry
Liberty is to faction, what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be a less folly to… — James Madison
Popular liberty might then have escaped the indelible reproach of decreeing to the same citizens, the hemlock on one day, and statues on the next. — James Madison

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