No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles

Where liberty is, there is my country

Give me liberty, or give me death.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith