O liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!

Madame Roland · The source reads: “O libertè! O libertè! que de crimes on commet en ton nom! O liberty! O liberty! what crimes are committed in thy name!”

The more I see of men, the better I like dogs.

Attributed to Madame Roland

More Freedom Quotes

Thought is free.

William Shakespeare · The Tempest (1611–1612), III, ii

The central principle of civilization is the subordination of the ruling authority to the settled customs of the people and to their will as expressed through the Constitution.

Winston Churchill · 2 July, Bristol, 1938

Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.

Benjamin Cardozo · Palko v. Connecticut (1937)

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“O liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!”

“The more I see of men, the better I like dogs.”

“Thought is free.”

“The central principle of civilization is the subordination of the ruling authority to the settled customs of the people and to their will as expressed through the Constitution.”

“Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.”