American liberty Quote by John Adams Download Open image “Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” — John Adams ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare American liberty American patriot American patriotism Constitution Democracy Encroachment Forefathers Forever Founding Founding america Freedom Freedom and liberty Freedom liberty Government Government and society Liberty Lost Lost Forever Lost Is Lost Our founding fathers Patriot Us constitution Us founding fathers
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Liberty, like chastity, once lost, can never be regained in its original purity. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“When liberty is taken away by force, it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished by default it can never be recovered.” — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever. — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be… — Dorothy Thompson Copy Share Image
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
“Liberty is not an end, but a means. Whoever mistakes it for an end does not know what to do once he attains it.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to abhor, and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Daughter! Get you an honest Man for a Husband, and keep him honest. No matter whether he is rich, provided he be independent. Regard… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity — John Adams Copy Share Image
We may... affirm that the balance of power in a society accompanies the balance of property in land. The only possible way, then, of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think, and the more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to… — John Adams Copy Share Image
But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Upon common theaters, indeed, the applause of the audience is of more importance to the actors than their own aprobation. But upon the stage… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the commitment of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation. If I was an atheist and believed in blind… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or… — John Adams Copy Share Image
During the whole time I sat with him in Congress, I never heard him utter three sentences together. — John Adams Copy Share Image
Vote for me. I'll use my office to take another American's money and give it to you. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The most important fact about American liberty is that it has never been a single idea, but a set of different and even contrary… — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
Our American liberty defines our great nation. Let us each learn and do all we can to preserve it. — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is one of the greatest American liberties, and I hope this pardon serves as a reminder of the precious freedoms we… — George Pataki Copy Share Image
Bloomberg's money and media access are a serious danger to American liberty and we must take him head on. — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Some president wishes to be re-elected, and thereupon speaks about the Bible as "the corner-stone of American Liberty." This sentence is a mouth large… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the service of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
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