To sin by silence,
To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Freedom Liberty
What, sir, is the
What, sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty … Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins. Elbridge Gerry
Freedom cannot be bestowed
Freedom cannot be bestowed – it must be achieved. Elbert Hubbard
The true danger is
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. Edmund Burke
The greater the power,
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. Edmund Burke
The people never give
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke
The only thing necessary
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
Those who profess to
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. Frederick Douglass
The limits of tyrants
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. Frederick Douglass
No man can put
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. Frederick Douglass