Woodrow Wilson on Liberty

“I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.”

“The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.”

“Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.”

“I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty. But we shall not be poor if we love liberty, because the nation that loves liberty truly sets every man free to do his best and be his best, and that means the release of all the splendid energies of a great people who think for themselves. A nation of employees cannot be free any more than a nation of employers can be.”