Price of freedom

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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial and article as Freedom should not be highly rated.

Thomas Paine

The American Crisis

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Price of freedom Benefits of adversity American Revolution

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Thomas Paine

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The American Crisis

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Political literature

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English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

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Paine, Thomas. The American Crisis: Number 1. Philadelphia: Styner and Cist, 1776.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The American Crisis, Number I, December 19, 1776." Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from the American Revolution. Library of America, 2015.

Eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address

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Price of freedom

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Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address Presidential farewell addresses

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

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Jackson, Andrew. Farewell address. 4 Mar. 1837, Washington, DC USA.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather-bed.

Thomas Jefferson

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Price of freedom

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Thomas Jefferson

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Letter

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English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Marquis de Lafayette. 2 Apr. 1790.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "The Marquis de Lafayette, April 2, 1790." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.

John Philpot Curran

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Price of freedom Freedom

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John Philpot Curran

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

1816 1810s 19th century

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Curran, John Philpot. Speech on the right of election of the Lord Mayor of Dublin. 10 July 1790, Dublin, Ireland.

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

Thomas Paine

The American Crisis

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Price of freedom

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Thomas Paine

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The American Crisis

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Political literature

Language

English

Time

1777 1770s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The American Crisis: Number 4. Philadelphia: Styner and Cist, 1777.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The American Crisis, Number IV, September 12, 1777." Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from the American Revolution. Library of America, 2015.