Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2010-08-07 Aug 6, 2010Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.~ John Philpot CurranA day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.~ Joseph AddisonFor Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft is ever won.~ Lord Byron Aug 5, 2010Better to starve free than be a fat slave.~ AesopAs government regulations grow slowly, we become used to the harness. Habit is a powerful force, and we no longer feel as intensely as we once would have [the] constriction of our liberties that would have been utterly intolerable a mere half century ago.~ Judge Robert BorkHe is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.~ William Cowper Aug 4, 2010A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.~ EpicurusFreedom is not only the absence of external restraints. It is also the absence of irresistible internal compulsions, unmanageable passion, and uncensorable highlights.~ George WillO freedom, first delight of human kind!~ John Dryden Aug 3, 2010The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.~ Abraham CowleyBy academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true.~ Albert EinsteinLiberty, without wisdom, is license.~ Edmund Burke Aug 2, 2010Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.~ BuddhaThe whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.~ BuddhaThere are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.~ Buddha Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print