liberty: freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
The basis of a democratic state is liberty. – Aristotle
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin
If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other. – Carl Shurz
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. – George Bernard Shaw
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. – Thomas Jefferson
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain. – John F. Kennedy
