Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, said I, still thou art a bitter draught. -- Laurence Stern
It [the antagonism between freedom and slavery] is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces. -- William Henry Seward
My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debateWhich of the two to choose, slavery or death? -- Joseph Addison
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! -- Patrick Henry
Whatever dayMakes man a slave, takes half his worth away. -- Alexander Pope
In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free,honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. -- Abraham Lincoln
I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. -- Abraham Lincoln
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungsReceive our air, that moment they are free!They touch our country, and their shackles fall. -- William Cowper
O Liberty! Liberty! how many crimes are committed in thy name! -- Madam Roland
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.John Philpot Curran
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust.Demosthenes
Liberty s in every blow! Let us do or die. -- Robert Burns
