But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.
— Andrew Jackson
Impressive Price Of Freedom quotations
We're Americans, and we have a rendezvous with destiny .
. . No people who have ever lived on this earth have fought harder, paid a higher price for freedom, or done more to advance the dignity of man than Americans.
Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if need be, and any sacrifice are a cheap price.
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
My white skin disgusts me. My passport disgusts me. They are the marks of an insufferable privilege bought at the price of others' agony. If I could peel myself inside out I would be glad. If I could become part of the oppressed I would be free.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.
I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.
Freedom does not come without a price.
We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
The price of freedom is death.
The prospect of a government that treats all its citizens as criminal suspects is more terrifying than any terrorist. And even more frightening is a citizenry that can accept the surrender of its freedoms as the price of "freedom".
A small nation, faced with the denial of its sovereignty — indeed, of its very existence — reminded us that the price of freedom is high but never so costly as the loss of freedom.
Freedom is not something that anybody can be given.
Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be
True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.
There are many prices we pay for freedoms secured by the First Amendment;
the risk of undue influence is one of them, confirming what we have long known: Freedom is hazardous, but some restraints are worse.
Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable.
Government is best which governs least
The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.
The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.
the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
There is price you pay when you want freedom of speech.
You must be willing to accept the good the bad and the ugly when trying something out of the box.
Eternal vigilance is only part of the price of freedom.
The maturity to live with imperfections is another crucial part of the price of freedom.
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
As long as human beings are imperfect, there will always be arguments for extending the power of government to deal with these imperfections. The only logical stopping place is totalitarianism -- unless we realize that tolerating imperfections is the price of freedom.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and a willingness to act in its defense.
Loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egotistical selves.
There was no one left to speak for me.
In our observances this Memorial Day, we honor the brave Americans who paid the highest price for their commitment to the ideals of peace, freedom, and justice. Our debt to them can be paid only by our own recommitment to preserving those same ideals.
One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
We have had no specific or credible threats, but we don't take that as any kind of comfort. We know we need to be ready and we know that, that vigilance is the price of freedom.
The price of freedom is responsibility, but it's a bargain, because freedom is priceless.
I am proud that my humble attempts to predict Tuesday's prices on Monday are an indispensable component of our society. By buying low and selling high, I create harmony and freedom.