Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-4] of 4 Dorothy Thompson quotesDorothy Thompson QuotesDorothy Thompson It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.~ Dorothy Thompson When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.~ Dorothy Thompson It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.~ Dorothy Thompson Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in many respects the most brittle. They give the fullest freedom for activities of private persons and groups who often identify their own interests, essentially selfish, with the general welfare.~ Dorothy Thompson Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print