The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and a willingness to act in its defense.
The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.
Eternal vigilance, as they say, is the price of freedom. Add intellectual integrity to the cost basis.
Our Founders were not naive simpletons. They understood that human freedom is a fragile thing, that 'eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.'
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks.
As long as human beings are imperfect, there will always be arguments for extending the power of government to deal with these imperfections. The only logical stopping place is totalitarianism -- unless we realize that tolerating imperfections is the price of freedom.
The war for freedom will never really be won because the price of freedom is constant vigilance over ourselves and over our Government.
The price of freedom is to allow freedom. Very few people are willing to pay the price.
Tolerating imperfections is the price of freedom.
Whether it's freedom to express, freedom to live, freedom to earn, freedom to thrive, freedom to learn, whatever it is, I want to make sure that I'm a part of these spaces and opening doors.
Pain is part of the price of freedom.
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.
Freedom and the dignity of the individual have been more available and assured here than in any other place on earth. The price for this freedom at times has been high, but we have never been unwilling to pay the price.
I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.
Card players have a saying: "It's all right to play if you keep your eyes on the deck" - which is another way of saving, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."