Liberty Quotes

"Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Thomas Jefferson

"Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."

"Life without liberty is like a body without spirit."

Kahlil Gibran

"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it."

Thomas Jefferson

"Where liberty is, there is my country."

"If freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."

George Washington

"Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end."

Lord Acton

"Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility."

W. E. B. Du Bois

“Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others.”

Thomas Jefferson

“Americans are so enamoured of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”

Alexis de Tocqueville

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

“Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.”

Frances Wright

“Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.”

John Locke

“Liberté, égalité, fraternité.”

French Republic Motto

“We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background.”

“Give me liberty, or give me death!”

Patrick Henry

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty.”

“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. Where there is no law, there is no freedom.”

John Locke

“I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls, the right to breathe and the right to vote, the freedom to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshine, and ride on the railroads, uncursed by colour.”

W. E. B. Du Bois

“Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.”

Marquis de Lafayette

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”

George Washington

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.”

“I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.”

B. R. Ambedkar

“Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.”