"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
 Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" - Benjamin Franklin

"If you campaign for liberty you're likely to find yourself drinking
 in bad company at the wrong end of the bar." - Whit Diffie

"Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct.
 Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.
 The violent destruction of life and property incident to war, the continual
 effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations
 the most attached to liberty to resort for repose and security to institutions
 which have a tendency to destroy their civil and political rights.  To be more
 safe, they at length become willing to run the risk of being less free."
  - Alexander Hamilton, 1787