I don't see any justification for the federal government owning land, other than the Statue of Liberty and maybe a few parks,… — Don Young Copy Share Image
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Patriotism is a virtue of the wicked. Irreverence is the champion of liberty, it's only sure defence. The Golden eye of justice… — John Braun Copy Share Image
Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I remain mindful that the role of a judge is a limited one and that judges can't solve every problem. But at… — David Stras Copy Share Image
If they are really persuaded that the army is annually established by me, that I have the sole disposal of posts and… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“That the Party did not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority. That it sought… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“In learning a language, when from mere words we reach the laws of words, we have gained a great deal. But if… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“[Robert's eulogy at his brother, Ebon C. Ingersoll's grave. Even the great orator Robert Ingersoll was choked up with tears at the… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Zealous groups threaten to infringe civil liberties when they seek government support to impose their own religious views on nonadherents. This has… — Norman Dorsen Copy Share Image
In circumstances as dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that whilst every prudent measure should be… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
There are few things in politics more annoying than the Right's utter conviction that it owns the patent on the word 'freedom'… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force;… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
My sister Emily loved the moors. Flowers brighter than the rose bloomed in the blackest of the heath for her; out of… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
The Spirit of God first imparts love; He next inspires hope, and then gives liberty; and that is about the last thing… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
Morality is always the product of terror; its chains and strait-waistcoats are fashioned by those who dare not trust others, because they… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I think it is appropriate that we pay tribute to this great constitutional principle which is enshrined in the First Amendment of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Even the soberest judged it requisite to sacrifice one part of their liberty to ensure the other, as a man, dangerously wounded… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The demand for liberty is a demand for power, either for possession of powers of action not already possessed or for retention… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Young people have this almost romantic attachment to civil rights, liberties, emancipating people from oppression, etc. The idea that such oppression exists… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of… — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I grew up in an era when strange adults would grab me on the street and say: 'Don't do that.' You never… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
It's a hard truth for Americans to face, that neither team in Washington is going to guard what we love the most.… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
Trump's one liberal policy seems to be his desire to pump more funding into mental health - which I've taken the liberty… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
The two main ideas that run through all of my writing, whether it be literary criticism or political polemic are these: I… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Living off others is a form of bondage—for if you take from a person his responsibility to care for himself, you also… — Cameron C. Taylor Copy Share Image
If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued… — James Madison Copy Share Image
All that remains is a fate whose outcome alone is fatal. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What reason is there that he which laboreth much, and, sparing the fruits of his labor, consumeth little, should be more charged… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for LIBERTY! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
I believe in the support of the public school as one of the cornerstones of American liberty. I believe in the right… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
If there is one subject in this world worthy of being discussed, worthy of being understood, it is the question of intellectual… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image