Lost Liberty Quotes

Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

… the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while yet there was time.

You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.

Idea for a short story. The shore of a lake, a young girl who's spent her whole life beside it, a girl like you She loves the lake the way a seagull does, and she's happy and free as a seagull. Then a man comes along, sees her, and ruins her life because he has nothing better to do. Destroys her like this seagull here.

Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.

Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.