Freedom is never given, it is won.
They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against despotism and oppression. He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.
Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.
A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their magistrate.
We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!