Compromising on Liberty is a loss for everyone, like taking a little poison.

Compromising on liberty is a loss for everyone.  Compromising on freedom is like saying “no” to taking a dose poison, but then deciding to take just a little poison each time compromise is required.  The poison will kill you eventually, it will just take more time than one full dose to start.  Poisoning the tree of liberty will kill freedom, just slower than an ax.