Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace, or after ages of conflict and war; but come it will, and abide it will, so long as the principles by which it was acquired are held sacred.” ~ Edward Everett (1794-1865) American politician and educator from Massachusetts. US Representative, US Senator, 15th Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, US Secretary of State, professor and president of HarvardSource: Orations and Speeches. Address, Aug. 25, 1835. Before the Literary Societies of Amherst College.