Liberty Quotes

"We hold that each man is the best judge of his own interest." -John Adams (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President
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"The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of Rights were intended to curb all branches of the Federal Government in the fields touched by the amendments—Legislative, Executive, and Judicial." -Justice Hugo L. Black (1886-1971) US Supreme Court Justice Source: Adamson v. California, 332 U.S. 46, 71 (Dissent) (1947).
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"For as long as one hundred of us shall remain alive, we shall never in any wise consent submit to the rule of the English, for it is not for glory we fight, nor riches, or for honour, but for freedom alone, which no good man loses but with his life." -Robert Bruce [Robert I] (1274-1329), King of Scots (1306-1329), known as  Robert the Bruce Source: Declaration of Arbroath (April 6, 1320)
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