H. L. Mencken Quotes

Liberty is worth paying for.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

Freedom has always been an expensive thing.

Money's the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive.

Freedom is a small price to pay for survival.

Freedom battles are not fought without paying heavy prices.

I say to you that the price of liberty is and always has been blood - human blood.

Freedom is a hard-bought thing.

Freedom always comes with a price.

Freedom has never been free.

Liberty means more to me than life itself.

Autonomy was shopped to us. We looked at the price and thought it was absurdly high.

You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

After so much suffering, after enduring so much sacrifice, sanctioned and embraced by our people, what is it that the people of East Timor expect as a result of independence?

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

Freedom is great, but expensive.

Freedom and liberty should not be sold for all the gold and silver in the world.

Because freedom is so precious, its cost is so high.

Freedom—the power to do what we like—a little thing it seems, but it has been bought with a great price.

What I have learned is that freedom is not free.

Freedom-no word was ever spoken that has held out greater hope, demanded greater sacrifice, needed more to be nurtured, blessed more the giver. . . or came closer to being God's will on earth.

I would explain to my children very simply that the defense of liberty is a cause that exacts a very high price in the history of humankind.

Freedom is not a gift of heaven, you have to fight for it every day

Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay the price.