Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Topics: Liberty Quotes

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their...

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will...

We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that...

We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that...

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more...

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms...

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms...

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and...

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it...

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it...

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow...

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow...

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity

Slander cannot destroy an honest man - when the flood recedes the rock is there

Slander cannot destroy an honest man - when the flood recedes the rock is there