Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
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Speech (January 28, 1852) (This was already a familiar saying in the 1830s.).Wendell Phillips
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Courtney's statement however is probably derived from an earlier statement with several variants:
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.George Marshall
But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.
Andrew Jackson
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"; reported in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 56.
Thomas Jefferson
Eternal vigilance is the price of knowledge.
George Santayana
The price of peace is eternal vigilance.
George Marshall
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