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  • “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. ”
    George Washington , Diary Entry · View
  • “A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. ”
    Patrick Henry , Speech to Virginia Convention · View
  • “Let us remember that though hard the struggle, it is glorious to persevere. ”
    John Dickinson , Letter from a Farmer No. 12 · View
  • “We cannot be happy without being free we cannot be free without being secure in our property. ”
    John Dickinson , Letter from a Farmer No. 3 · View
  • “Let every Citizen speak freely, and think nobly. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letter No. 12 · View
  • “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ”
    Thomas Paine , The American Crisis · View
  • “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , The Writings of Thomas Jefferson · View
  • “A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle of all free governments. ”
    Alexander Hamilton , Federalist Papers No. 78 · View
  • “Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Silence Dogood Letters · View
  • “Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , First Inaugural Address · View
  • “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must... undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ”
    Thomas Paine , The Crisis · View
  • “I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Letter to Benjamin Rush · View
  • “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush · View
  • “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. ”
    Benjamin Franklin , Speech to the Constitutional Convention · View
  • “Liberty is the greatest of all earthly blessings. Give us that precious jewel, and you may take everything else. ”
    George Mason , Virginia Convention Debates · View
  • “A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people. ”
    James Wilson , Lectures on Law · View
  • “All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights. ”
    George Mason , Virginia Declaration of Rights · View
  • “It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. ”
    Thomas Jefferson , Notes on the State of Virginia · View
  • “The Constitution is not founded on the Christian religion, but it does not prohibit its practice. ”
    James Madison , Letter to Edward Livingston · View
  • “The equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his religion according to the dictates of conscience is held by the same tenure with all our other rights. ”
    James Madison , Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments · View
  • “[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue. ”
    John Adams , The Works of John Adams · View
  • “A free press is the guardian of liberty. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View
  • “The love of freedom is interwoven in the soul of man. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View
  • “Let no man forget that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View
  • “The dignity of man is best preserved in freedom. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View
  • “Freedom is the breath of the republic. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View
  • “Let the annals of time record our fidelity to freedom. ”
    Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View
  • “I believe the day will come when all men and women shall be free. ”
    Ann Randolph Meade Page , Virginia Civic Letters · View
  • “Let us do our part to support the cause of freedom. ”
    Catharine Greene , Greene Family Letters · View
  • “I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom... by gradual and silent encroachments than by violent usurpations. ”
    James Madison , Speech at the Virginia Convention · View
  • “I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. ”
    James Madison , Speech at the Virginia Convention · View