Liberty Quotes · Page 133

When my grandchildren ask, 'Where were you when Donald Trump took a sledgehammer to Lady Liberty?' I want to make sure I…

— Tom Perez

I've flown out of character so many times. In that sense I've been lucky, because I've been given the liberty to do…

— June Carter Cash

Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that…

— Robert Emmet

There can be no self-government without self-discipline. There can be no self-government without self-control. There can be no liberty unless it is…

— Alan Keyes

'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I remained a socialist for several years, even after my rejection of Marxism; and if there could be such a thing as…

— Karl Popper

Let the public mind become corrupt, and all efforts to secure property, liberty, or life by the force of laws written on…

— Horace Mann

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports…

— James F. Cooper

“God has given to men all that is necessary for them to accomplish their destinies. He has provided a social form as…

— Frédéric Bastiat

So long as you are a slave to the opinions of the many you have not yet approached freedom or tasted its…

— Julian The Apostate

For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means…

— Arleigh Burke

“Servitude, like a destructive volcano, desiccates, burns, engulfs everything it surrounds: liberty, on the contrary, always brings in its wake happiness, abundance,…

— Tom Reiss

“Either ‘the group’ is superior or the individual is superior. Marxism, socialism, fascism, and pure democracy are all forms that give power…

— Dave Champion

In any society, order is the first need of all. Liberty and justice may be established only after order is tolerably secure.…

— Russell Kirk

“There is no difference between the principles, policies and practical results of socialism—and those of any historical or prehistorical tyranny. Socialism is…

— Ayn Rand

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into…

— Ezra Stiles

To be governed ... is to be watched, inspected, directed, indoctrinated, numbered, estimated, regulated, commanded, controlled, law-driven, preached at, spied upon, censured,…

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Volumes can be and have been written about the issue of freedom versus dictatorship, but, in essence, it comes down to a…

— Ayn Rand

Blessed be the memory of those few brethren who contended so strenuously for their constitutional rights and religious freedom, against such an…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses…

— Margaret Thatcher

I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed by the slave…

— John Brown

I can't think of anything that would do more toward putting us back on the road to liberty and personal responsibility than…

— Neal Boortz

Our underclothes were woolen vests and knickers and an extraordinary, but apparently necessary, concoction called a liberty bodice, which had no freedom…

— Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

We can not overestimate the fervent love of liberty, the intelligent courage, and the sum of common sense with which our fathers…

— James A. Garfield

Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans - liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal - the largest voluntary…

— George W. Bush

The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not…

— Hugo Black

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to…

— Harold Laski

The Jews themselves, of whom a considerable number were already scattered throughout the colonies, were true to the teachings of their prophets.…

— Calvin Coolidge

[S]tatism is but socialized dishonesty; it is feathering the nests of some with feathers coercively plucked from others - on the grand…

— Leonard Read

At one time in the history of the Americas, weapons and armies were associated with liberty and independence, and with new opportunities…

— Óscar Arias

“In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should point out to us the paths of liberty.…

— Anonymous

Freedom of religion, as the Founding Fathers saw it, was not just the right to associate oneself with a certain denomination but…

— Norman Cousins

“We do not have to dig deep into history to understand the reality. The examples of Saddam Hussain, who was executed after…

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

It must be obvious that liberty necessarily means freedom to choose foolishly as well as wisely; freedom to choose evil as well…

— Ben Moreell

For the majority of contemporary Americans, the essence of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness centers on a relentless personal quest…

— Andrew Bacevich

Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose…

— Ayn Rand

The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that…

— Harry Browne

Then shoulder to shoulder! Let us engirdle the little circle of the earth with the chains that bind us to each other.…

— Adam Mickiewicz