I believe that liberty is the only genuinely valuable thing that men have invented, at least in the field of government, in a
thousand years. I believe that it is better to be free than to be not free, even when the former is dangerous and the latter
safe. I believe that the finest qualities of man can flourish only in free air – that progress made under the shadow of the
policeman's club is false progress, and of no permanent value. I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into
his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound
to become a slave.
Author: H. L. Mencken
Posted On: 09-Aug-2008