What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man. Robert G. Ingersoll
Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society. Thomas Jefferson
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage. Bruce Barton
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue. Jean J. Rousseau
We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world. Mark Twain
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. George Washington
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint. Daniel Webster