“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign invaders.” – Samuel Adams
Category: Liberty
Equality in Liberty
“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
Educate and Inform the Whole Mass of the People
Thomas Jefferson said, “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people . . . They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”
When The Wicked Rule, The People Mourn
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2
Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!
In this speech, Patrick Henry expressed his strong faith in God, and he was speaking to an audience of like-minded people. He said, “We are not weak, if we make a proper use of those forces which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause…
