I had reasoned this out in my mind: there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty, or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for no man should take me alive; I should fight for my liberty as long as my strength lasted.
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Any society that will give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
Do you know what? If we could get our churches to see that we are to love without discrimination and that we are to give the Holy Spirit liberty to love everybody in sight through us, then we would have revival on our hands! The world would turn aside to see the...
Condemn no man for not thinking as you think; let everyone enjoy the full and free liberty of thinking for himself. Let every man use his own judgment since every man must give account of himself to...
The American flag has been used like the image of the alabaster Jesus, a term coined by cultural critic James Baldwin. Jesus wasn’t born American, Christian or with pale pigmentation. White Jesus and the American flag started showing up in places of worship after the...
IF DEATH WAS TO be truly defeated, it was only by dying himself that Jesus believed he could defeat it. If he was to reach the hearts of men, it was only by suffering his own heart to be broken on their behalf that he believed he could reach them. To heal the sick and...
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Boys and girls should be taught respect for each other's liberty; they should be made to feel that nothing gives one human being rights over another, and that jealousy and possessiveness kill love.
In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; in all things, charity.