James Bovard Quotes

Give me liberty or give me death.

When under siege, if we do not stand for our liberties and for the liberties of those who are unable to stand for themselves, then the great American experience will come to an end.

What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

The bounty you must pay for freedom is to give the strength of your arms to put down tyranny. One short hour will deliver our country from the oppressor; and freedom in religion, peace and tranquility, equal laws and an improved country will be the prize.

The tree of liberty could not grow were it not watered with the blood of tyrants

The altar of liberty totters when it is cemented only with blood

The coming struggle will be fought by Europe as a whole for the sacred national rights of all peoples against tyranny.

We are hated because we are free. We are hated because of the idea that is the United States of America. We are hated because of our Constitution.

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.

Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.

That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.

The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice.

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over France at that time. A country was free again.

Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny.

Throwing off despotism and tyranny is our history and part of our national identity - something in which we can take incredible pride.