Quotes about Liberty
LIBERTY, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
— George Washington
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
— George Washington
Freedom and Property Rights are inseparable. You can't have one without the other.
— George Washington
We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.
— George H. W. Bush
It is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names so artificially magnified.
— Thomas Jefferson
No country and no people can be free and ignorant at the same time.
— Thomas Jefferson
In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
— Mark Twain
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If] a man doesn't have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He merely exists.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
freedom is not given, it is won.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If America would come to herself and return to her true home, "one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all," she would give the democratic creed a new authentic ring, enkindle the imagination of mankind and fire the souls of men. If she fails, she will be victimized with the ultimate social psychosis that can lead only to national suicide.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
This kind of action is a prevalent error among oppressed peoples. It is based upon the false notion that there is only a limited and particular amount of freedom that must be divided up between us, with the largest and juiciest pieces of liberty hging as spoils to the victor or the stronger. So instead of joining together to fight for more, we quarrel between ourselves for a larger slice of the one pie.
— Audre Lorde