Unknown Soldier 1921

Today is Veteran’s Day. Below is a short list of quotes about “liberty” and “freedom”. Use them to remind yourself and to teach your children that these two precious words are not entitlements – they can be lost. They must be fought for and defended by every generation, on every front. As you do school at home, use these quotes as a springboard to help them understand the deep, costly meaning of these words.

The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.  Thomas Campbell

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. John Adams

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.  Ronald Reagan

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.  Author unknown

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.  Thomas Paine

We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.  Felix Frankfurter

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.  James Madison Read the rest of this entry »