"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." ― James Madison Topic(s): Freedom Tags: could, nation, preserve More From James Madison "The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." "The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money." "To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea." More In Freedom "We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship."― E. M. Forster "For the freedoms our founding fathers not only dreamed about, but made into reality. It is that same pursuit of freedom today that is helping to make our world a safer place."― John M. McHugh "Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it."― Mikhail Bakunin