Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.
Freedom Quotes
Presidents are over-represented here. George W. Bush has the most entries, ahead of Thomas Jefferson and John F. Kennedy, which says more about how often presidents talk about freedom than about how well they put it. The better writing tends to be elsewhere: Madison in the Federalist Papers (1787), Hannah Arendt in The Human Condition (1958), Dalí in his diary.
Two of the most repeated freedom quotes are flagged. “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” is credited to Voltaire. Evelyn Beatrice Hall wrote it in The Friends of Voltaire (1906), as a summary of his views. “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance” is credited to Jefferson, but nobody has found it in his writings. The closest early version is by John Philpot Curran, in a speech of 1790.
Do not reveal, if liberty is precious to you; my face is the prison of love.
Cause the heart that betrays itself willingly Is like a nation that trades freedom for stability
“If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.”
“Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.”
If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
We have to call it "freedom": who'd die for "a lesser tyranny"?
Where bastard Freedom waves
The fustian flag in mockery over slaves.