“Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril. ”

“Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.”

“The idea of God implies the abdication of human reason and justice; it is the most decisive negation of human liberty and necessarily ends in the enslavement of mankind both in theory and practice.”

“Both liberty and equality are among the primary goals pursued by human beings throughout many centuries; but total liberty for wolves is death to the lambs, total liberty of the powerful, the gifted, is not compatible with the rights to a decent existence of the weak and the less gifted.”

“To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.”

“The Convention promulgated this great axiom: "The liberty of one citizen ends where the liberty of another citizen begins," which comprises in two lines the entire law of human society.”