Many people claim that our liberty is still safe; dose that in turn mean these quotes are incorrect?

''Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.''

-Thomas Jefferson-

With all do respect we as a society are not well educated to how and why things work. Apathy and pessimism drives contempt.

''Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.''

-Wendell Phillips-

Most of my generation thinks civics are good cars. If perused they might say that they vote therefore they have met there civic duty

''The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing''

-Edmund Burke-

''The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.''

-Thomas Jefferson-

''The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of

patriots and tyrants.''

-Thomas Jefferson-

Many people claim that our liberty is still safe; dose that in turn mean these quotes are incorrect?norton ghost

these quotes are quite correct and the problem with those who claim our liberty is safe - is that they make it unsafe in their complacency

the quote from wendell phillips is the most telling ''Eternal Vigilance is the price of liberty'' and he was so right