Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Themes
Liberty
Rights, independence, and the price of security.
I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.