They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.

Those who are willing to forfeit liberty for security will have neither.

Laws without morals are in vain.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Governments having failed the people, the people are entirely justified in assuming for themselves and essential role in government. Where a government takes proper measures to protect the people under its care, such a proceeding might have been thought both unnecessary and unjustifiable: But here it is quite the Reverse.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.