It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

—Patricia Sampson

More quotations tagged with “freedom”

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

—Maxwell Anderson

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

While the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State.

Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

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