“I'd prefer to have dangerous freedom,than have peaceful slavery”

“I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.”

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.”

“Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.”

“It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.”

“Because I care about human beings, I want them to be free to do what is right for them. Isn't that more important than mere peace on earth? Isn't freedom, even dangerous freedom, preferable to the safest slavery, to peace bought with ignorance, cowardice, and submission?”