Freedom Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

— Plato

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty

— Samuel Johnson

Slavery is perhaps the greatest affront to the fundamental principle of individual liberty.

— Ed Davey

“Philosophy was right to vaunt liberty ; it is the foremost desire of all creatures. But philosophy forgot that in civilized societies liberty is…

— Charles Fourier

I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man…

— H. L. Mencken

Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country. As nations can not be rewarded…

— George Mason

“Inner liberty depends upon being exempt from domination of things as well as from domination of people. There are many who have acquired a…

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

“The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave…

— MJ DeMarco

The conflict between the principle of liberty and the fact of slavery is coming gradually to an issue. Slavery has now the power, and…

— John Quincy Adams

The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than…

— Gerry Spence

Mankind may amuse themselves with theoretic systems of liberty... but we can only discern its true value by the practical and wretched effects of…

— Mercy Otis Warren