Tim Huelskamp Quotes

Give me liberty or give me death.

The feeling of equality which they [Americans] proudly cherish does not proceed from an ignorance of their station, but from the knowledge of their rights; and it is this knowledge which will render it so exceedingly difficult for any tyrant ever to triumph over the liberties of our country.

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

It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had.

I say to you that the price of liberty is and always has been blood, human blood, and if our liberties are lost, we shall never regain them except at the price of blood. They must not be lost.

For what avail the plough or sail, / Or Land or life, if freedom fail?

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

You know when people start talking about freedom they have to be old. They gotta be old-fashioned and really out of touch. Freedom? Well, what's that? Who needs any of that?

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.

We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.

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.

America, to me, is freedom.

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.

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.

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.

The flag represents all the values and the liberties Americans have and enjoy everyday.

For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution.

What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.

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