Independence Day Sayings
Celebrating liberty, freedom, and the American spirit — 771 sayings
It is difficult to imagine how many of those who love liberty, and who sincerely desire it, are yet ready to give it up at the first alarm.
The basic liberties can be restricted only for the sake of liberty itself.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
We are moving toward a world in which the word 'freedom' will become obsolete.
The struggle for freedom is not a struggle for independence from control, but for control by oneself.
The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
The greatest blessing of mankind is the freedom of mind.
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
The effects of liberty on the human mind are not always favourable to the peace of society, or to the order of a state.
The more extensive the liberty of the press, the more extensive the security of the people.
Every law is an evil, for every law is an infraction of liberty.
The modern individual lives in a constant tension between freedom and necessity.
The more organized society becomes, the more individual freedom is threatened.
Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public.
The normative content of modernity is to be found in the ideals of freedom and equality.
The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.
The life my people want is a life of freedom.
I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in Saint Domingue.