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Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.

John Philpot Curran
John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) Irish lawyer and politician
Defense of Rebels (1798)
 
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It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. 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.

John Philpot Curran
John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) Irish lawyer and politician
Speech before Privy Council, Dublin (1790-07-10)
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On the right of election of the Lord Mayor of Dublin. Commonly paraphrases:

  • "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."
  • "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance."
More discussion (especially regarding attribution to Thomas Jefferson): Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty (Spurious Quotation) | Monticello.
 
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