"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!" -- Madame 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 is in every blow! Let us do or die." -- Robert Burns
