Freedom Quote by Samuel Johnson

Slavery is now nowhere more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty.

— Samuel Johnson

It is seldom, that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. Slavery has so frightful an aspect to men accustomed to freedom,…

— David Hume

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

Liberty is life; slavery is death.

— Alexandre Vinet

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

Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth ever afterward resumes its liberty.

— Walt Whitman

Modern day slavery is the great tragedy of our time and the U.S. cannot turn a blind eye to it on our soil or…

— Mark Meadows

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

— Plato

“The preservation of liberty depends upon the intellectual and moral character of the people. As long as knowledge and virtue are diffused generally among…

— David McCullough

Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.]

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly could never measure up to the demands of the…

— Nelson Mandela