Chiefly it refers to:
- liberty cap, a brimless felt cap, such as the Phrygian cap or pileus, emblematic of a slave's manumission in the Ancient World.
The phrase may also refer to:
- Liberty Cap, a celebrated granite dome in Yosemite National Park
- Liberty Cap, an unusual hot spring in Yellowstone National Park
- Liberty Cap, a prominent peak on Mount Rainier
- The liberty cap (Psilocybe semilanceata), a psychedelic mushroom
- The Liberty Cap Large Cent
Famous quotes containing the words liberty and/or cap:
“Municipal laws are a supply to the wisdom of each individual; and, at the same time, by restraining the natural liberty of men, make private interest submit to the interest of the public.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“... everyone developing
A language of his own to write his book in,
And one to cap the climax by combining
All language in a one-man tongue-confusion.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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