FOUNDING FATHERS QUOTES ON FREEDOM

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” – Benjamin Franklin

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” – Alexander Hamilton

“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

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” – Patrick Henry

“Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.” – Benjamin Franklin

“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.” – Thomas Jefferson

“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.” – Thomas Jefferson

“To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.” – Richard Henry Lee

“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison

“If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use to us.” – George Washington

“The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.” – Samuel Adams

“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.” – James Madison

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine WISHING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A MERRY CHRISTMAS QUOTES

“A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country.” – James Madison

“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker.” – John Adams

“The happiness of society is the end of government.” – John Adams

“The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.” – George Washington

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” – George Washington

“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson

“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” – Thomas Jefferson

“Give me liberty, or give me death!” – Patrick Henry

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.” – James Madison