In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of all liberty- Happiness, in its full extent, is the utmost pleasure we… — John Locke Copy Share Image
But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq. — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
“Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.” — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The vitriol and viciousness is the inevitable result of a government increasingly deciding the vital aspects of people's lives.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
It ain't so much what a man doesn't know that causes him so many problems, but what he knows that ain't so. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class. It… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Truth and liberty go hand in hand. Liberty is the state of mind, that gives rise to the truth, the ultimate state… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference.… — Hugh Downs Copy Share Image
We ought to affirm the fact that hundreds of thousands if not millions of Iranians are risking their liberty and even perhaps… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Disgust and shame are inherently hierarchical; they set up ranks and orders of human beings. They are also inherently connected with restrictions… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
“One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The Magna Carta is an early reminder of the crucial difference between freedom and liberty. Liberty is freedom that is unique to… — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
With almost no time to decide, [your loved ones] gave the entire country an incalculable gift. They saved the Capitol from attack.… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
From a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
From the accession of Henry the Seventh to the breaking out of the civil wars, England enjoyed much greater exemption from war,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The Constitutional framers were peace men; but they preferred revolution to peaceful submission to bondage. They were quiet men; but they did… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The abhorrence of society to the use of involuntary confessions does not turn alone on their inherent untrustworthiness. It also turns on… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
“There is something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
I believe we owe it to our children and grandchildren to stay engaged and to help spread liberty and to help reformers. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty. — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
I don't feel I'm at liberty to speak about the actions of any one CEO. That's not fair; given CEOs have duties… — Kenneth C. Griffin Copy Share Image
No free country has ever been without Parties, which are a natural offspring of freedom. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The flag represents all the values and the liberties Americans have and enjoy everyday. — Bill Shuster Copy Share Image
I am not going to talk about patriotism, duty, liberty, and the defense of freedom because that's all dung to a soldier. — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and skillful administration in return for the abdication of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“at whatever point of the scientific horizon I start from, I invariably come to the same thing—the solution of the social problem… — Frédéric Bastiat Copy Share Image
Liberty ... is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself. — James Madison Copy Share Image
For freemen like brothers agree; With one spirit endured, they one friendship pursued, And their temple was Liberty Tree — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
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