Power is so apt to be insolent, and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good terms.

Like a broken gong be still, be silent. Know the stillness of freedom where there is no more striving.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Those who believe in freedom of the will have never loved and never hated.

Ah! Freedom is a noble thing!

If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.

It’s easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing—that’s the Lord’s test.

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.