Every day Quote by James Otis

Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to…

— Saadi

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

— Voltairine de Cleyre

Men spend the best parts of their lives earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it.

— Henry David Thoreau

Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

— Harold Laski

liberty is the one thing no man can have unless he grants it to others.

— Ruth Benedict

Nine-tenths of the people are at present freeholders... The time is not distant when this country will abound with mechanics and manufacturers who will…

— Gouverneur Morris

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

— George Bernard Shaw

The truth is that men are tired of liberty.

— Benito Mussolini

“Men love liberty because it protects them from control and humiliation from others, and thus affords them the possibility of dignity. They loathe liberty…

— Thomas Stephen Szasz

[Slave] trade ... is the most shocking violation of the law of nature, has a direct tendency to diminish ... liberty, and makes every…

— James Otis

Liberty is more precious than money or office; and we should be vigilant lest we purchase wealth or place at the price of inner…

— John Lancaster Spalding

The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.

— H. L. Mencken