"Fear is the passion of slaves."
Patrick Henry

"I think the first duty of society is justice."
Alexander Hamilton

"One man with courage is a majority."
Thomas Jefferson

"I have not yet begun to fight!"
John Paul Jones

"I am not a Virginian, but an American."
Patrick Henry

"Information is the currency of democracy."
Thomas Jefferson

"It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government."
Alexander Hamilton

"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time."
Thomas Jefferson

"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
George Washington

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy."
John Adams

"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master."
Thomas Jefferson

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."
Alexander Hamilton

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."
George Washington

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
Thomas Jefferson

"The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
Samuel Adams

"Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature."
Benjamin Franklin

"It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains."
Patrick Henry

"The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave."
Thomas Jefferson

"A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one."
Alexander Hamilton

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
George Washington

"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks."
Samuel Adams

"As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also."
Thomas Jefferson

"No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave."
Alexander Hamilton

"The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself."
Benjamin Franklin

"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death."
Patrick Henry

"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
John Paul Jones

"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."
Thomas Jefferson

"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."
George Washington

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
Thomas Paine

"When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object."
Patrick Henry

"Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own."
Thomas Jefferson

"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace."
Thomas Paine

"Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood." -
John Adams

"Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."
Samuel Adams

"I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion."
Patrick Henry

"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state."
Thomas Jefferson

"A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader."
Samuel Adams

"The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are free men, fighting for the blessings of Liberty -- that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men."
George Washington

Compiled by Thomas George
editor@BoycottLiberalism.com

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