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This quote is often attributed to Thomas Jefferson, but even his estate, Monticello, denies any evidence that the Founding Father ever used these words.
Even if he had, Jefferson would not have been the originator. The phrase was, in fact, a simplified variant of a line from a 1790 speech by Irish orator John Philpot Curran: 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. The phrase was shortened to "eternal vigilance is the price of freedom" and similar sayings used throughout the 18th and 19th centuries by a variety of speakers and authors, including:
- Ida B. Wells, in her 1970 autobiography, Crusade for Justice
- Andrew Jackson, in his 1837 Farewell Address
- Abraham Lincoln
- abolitionist Wendell Phillips
- Leonard Courtney
- George Marshall
It doesn't matter who said it. The truth is the truth whoever says it.
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Who said Freedom is your birth right?
lokmanya tilak
Who said - Do or Die -Indian freedom fighters?
Our indian freedom fighter mahatama gandhi
Who said I want freedom for the full expression of my personality?
Mahatma Gandhi
What i the declaration of independence is and what is its purpose?
the purpose of it is that it separated them from England and said the rights of our freedom
In constant struggle mankind has become great in eternal peace it must perish who said this and in what context?
Adolf Hitler...
Constant vigilance is the price you pay for liberty?
"Constant vigilance is the price you pay for liberty" is a quote attributed to Thomas Jefferson. However, there is no evidence that he ever said it.
Who said by the eternal I'll smash them?
napoleon
Who said that every Indian is corrupt?
The outgoing head of the Indian Central Vigilance Committee, Pratyush Sinha, said that 'Every third Indian is corrupt'
Who said on the war give you freedom or give you death?
Patric Henry said give me freedom or give me death.
Who said wars come and go but your soldiers stay eternal?
2 pac
Who said life without freedom is not worth living?
Life without freedom is not life at all
Who said Freedom Isn't Free?
Rosa parks.
Why antnio luna said freedom is not free?
It because the
Who said Freedom is your birth right?
lokmanya tilak
Who said - Do or Die -Indian freedom fighters?
Our indian freedom fighter mahatama gandhi
Who said what price vanity?
Bible
Why was the speech you have a dream said during the civil rights?
for freedom
