The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When we think in the context of the last decade's infringements upon personal liberty and the last year's revelations, it's not about… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be… — James Madison Copy Share Image
One of the worst consequences politically would be for the majority of Democrats to vote for someone who, in the near future,… — Ralph Neas Copy Share Image
All the Congress, all the accountants and tax lawyers, all the judges, and a convention of wizards all cannot tell for sure… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Were it not that it might require too long a discussion, it would not be difficult to demonstrate that a large and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Don't sit around waiting for the two corrupted established parties to restore the Constitution or the Republic. The founding generation was birthed… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
We know that the only alternative to private competition is government monopoly of enterprise. We know that when government monopolizes production, distribution,… — Benjamin Franklin Fairless Copy Share Image
If someone who is poor says, 'I may not have much money, but for me, what's really important is to have a… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
Complete and accurate surveillance as a means of control is probably a practical impossibility. What is much more likely is a loss… — Victor C. Ferkiss Copy Share Image
Our principles were revolutionary. We began as a small, weak republic. But we survived. Our example inspired others, imperfectly at times, but… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is not the right of property which is protected, but the right to property. Property, per se, has no rights; but… — George Sutherland Copy Share Image
A Christian has no need of any law in order to be saved, since through faith we are free from every law.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“The goal of parenting is to create self-sufficient virtues in children. Applying external pressure and punishments tends to teach them fear-based compliance… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
We have witnessed the most educated, successful, and monied professionals in the country put their companies - not to mention their own… — Preet Bharara Copy Share Image
We had many books and pictures... my parents' way of life doubtless left a lasting impression on me. They created an atmosphere… — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
I run from Horatio Street down just past Battery Park City and back. It's amazing to run and see the Statue of… — Andy Cohen Copy Share Image
I say to you that the price of liberty is and always has been blood, human blood, and if our liberties are… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Spread outward. Crack the round dome. Break through. Have liberty not as the air within a grave Or down a well. Breathe… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
Liberty cannot be caged into a charter or handed on ready-made to the next generation. Each generation must recreate liberty for its… — Florence Ellinwood Allen Copy Share Image
The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character… — Mike Ferguson Copy Share Image
If the Tenth Amendment were still taken seriously, most of the federal government's present activities would not exist. That's why no one… — Thomas Woods Copy Share Image
But gentlemen, as long as I am an American Citizen, and as long as American blood runs in these veins, I shall… — Elijah Parish Lovejoy Copy Share Image
“Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all I have and call my own.… — St. Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
...there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If anywhere the day is made holy for the mere day's sake - if anyone set up its observance on a Jewish… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate wherever the Government assumes a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
Government should allow persons to engage in whatever conduct they want to, no matter how deviant or abnormal it may be, so… — Hugo Adam Bedau Copy Share Image
Since 9/11 the United States has been followed by countries with bad records, such as the former Soviet Union countries, into erosions… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
We need international support so that our people live a life of normality, of dignity, of liberty and freedom. I hope that… — Mahmoud Abbas Copy Share Image
Today the primary threat to the liberties of the American people comes not from communism, foreign tyrants or dictators. It comes from… — George Allen Copy Share Image
History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline.… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
“Liberty clutched him tightly. 'You played a part in my destiny. And maybe I played a part in yours.' That was how… — Kelly Easton Copy Share Image
