“Nations grown corrupt love bondage more than liberty; bondage with ease than strenuous liberty.” — John Milton · The Ready and Easy Way, 1660
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.” — Abraham Lincoln · Letter to Henry L. Pierce, 1859
“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!” — Patrick Henry · Speech to the Virginia Convention, 1775
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” — George Bernard Shaw · Man and Superman, 1903
“None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.” — Pearl S. Buck