Liberty Quotes - Daily Email History

"Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded."

~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.  

"Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility."

~ Sigmund Freud  

"Liberty means responsibility.
That is why most men dread it."

~ George Bernard Shaw  

"In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all -- security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again."

~ Edward Gibbon  

"The real freedom of any individual can always be measured by the amount of responsibility which he must assume for his own welfare and security."

~ Robert Welch  

"The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should if it prevents you from feeding yourself."

~ Thomas Szasz  

"It is embarrassing to have to remind people of this in the United States of America. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson singled out three natural rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The last phrase, appearing instead of "property," has prompted much discussion. I cannot say what Jefferson was thinking. But here's a plausible theory: Property is already implicit in liberty. If you are free, you can use your belongings as you see fit. But by specifying the pursuit of happiness Jefferson might have been pointing out that the blessing of liberty need not be justified through selfless service to others. One's life and happiness on earth are justification enough."

~ Sheldon Richman  

"Life is a gift.
Freedom is a responsibility."

~ Eric Schaub  

"Liberty is not a right but a duty."

~ Ezra Pound  

"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated."

~ Thomas Paine  

"Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty."

~ John Adams  

"Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand!
Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you."

~ St. Paul