Liberty Quotes - Daily Email History

"How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it."

~ Adam Smith  

"Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means to push back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."

~ Henri Frederic Amiel  

"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible,
but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."

~ Vincent van Gogh  

"Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of the heart."

~ George Washington  

"I have a dream that one day ... the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood."

~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  

"The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs,
nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately,
by the grace of God."

~ Thomas Jefferson