Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

We hold that each man is the best judge of his own interest.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, unless you have a coupon for a free lunch...or someone gives you a lunch...never mind.

Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty.

By the former of these (canon law), the most refined, sublime, extensive, and astonishing constitution of policy that ever was conceived by the mind of man was framed by the Romish clergy for the aggrandizement of their own order.

The divine science of government is the science of social happiness, and the blessings of society depend entirely on the constitutions of government.

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.