Liberty’s in every blow!

Let us do or die.

Burns—Bannockburn.


What is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

Burke—Reflections on the Revolution in France.


The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown.

Earl of Chatham—Speech on the Excise Bill.