“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
—-The Declaration of Independence
“It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever. “
—-Daniel Webster, U.S. politician and orator
“Liberty is the soul’s right to breathe, and when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.”
—-Henry Ward Beecher, abolitionist.
“Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense – the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not a citizen.”
—- Senator William Borah (R-ID), 1917
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
—-George Orwell
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