# Quote — David Gemmell, Legend

> Liberty is only valued when it is threatened, therefore it is the threat that highlights the value. We should be grateful to the Nadir, since they heighten the value of our liberty.

- Author: [David Gemmell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell.md)
- Book: [Legend](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Gemmell#Legend) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/liberty-is-only

## More from this book

> Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/life-is-nothing.md)

> “I understand why some men become soldiers: to protect the nation and all that. But a whole race of people living to be soldiers seems … unhealthy. Does that sound right?”“Indeed it sounds right. But the northern steppes make poor farmland. Mainly they breed goats and ponies. Any luxuries they desire, they must steal.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/i-understand-why.md)

> [H]e who fears to lose will never win.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/david-gemmell/legend/h-e-who-fears.md)