Liberty.—The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.—Thomas Jefferson.
'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume;
And we are weeds without it.
—Cowper.
The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not productive of a good life.—Bishop Butler.
Liberty must be limited in order to be enjoyed.—Burke.
Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.—Auerbach.
A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
—Addison.
If liberty with law is fire on the hearth, liberty without law is fire on the floor.—Hillard.
Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits.—Alfred de Musset.
The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.—Cowley.
The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others, and an unwillingness that any man, whether high or low, should be wronged and trampled under foot.—Channing.