"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
--Ronald Reagan
"Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance."
--Woodrow Wilson
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
--Thomas Jefferson
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
--Benjamin Franklin
"Liberties aren't given, they are taken."
--Aldous Huxley
"I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery."
--Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
--Martin Luther King Jr.
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