Have you ever found in history, one single example of a nation, thoroughly corrupted, that was afterwards restored to virtue? And without… — John Adams Copy Share Image
TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, once… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The new laws passed by Congress in the name of fighting terrorism pose a greater danger to the civil liberties of American… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Our liberties, our values, all for which America stands is safe today because brave men and women have been ready to face… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A man won't steal, ordinarily, unless that which he steals is something he cannot as easily get without stealing; in liberty the… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
“Love withers under constraints. Its very essence is liberty; it is comparable neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear; it is there most… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
At the heart of that western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man...is the touchstone of value, and all… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
All students, members of the faculty, and public officials in both Mississippi and the Nation will be able, it is hoped, to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The War on Drugs has failed - but it’s worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving… — Sting Copy Share Image
The (Supreme Court) ruling that anyone who's arrested -- even accidentally -- can be strip-searched was decided five to four, with the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
All varieties of interference with the market phenomena not only fail to achieve the ends aimed at by their authors and supporters,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Shall we longer bear these cruelties which have been heaped upon us for the last ten years in the face of heaven,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The advancement of freedom is not a matter of who wields political power over creative actions; rather, it depends upon the disassembling… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
Property, the right to enjoy the fruits of one's labor, the right to work, to develop, to exercise one's faculties, according to… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
America was founded on the principle of inalienable rights, not dictated duties. The Declaration of Independence states that every human being has… — Alex Epstein Copy Share Image
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
As a survivor of the 20th-century Race Wars, my back remains unbent, and I move forward for life, liberty and the pursuit… — Alveda King Copy Share Image
Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their… — Jim DeMint Copy Share Image
[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the First Amendment's guarantees of religious liberty ... Neither do… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage. Minds innocent and quiet take that for a hermitage: If… — Richard Lovelace Copy Share Image
[F]or as Socrates says that a wise man is a citizen of the world, so I thought that a wise woman was… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
When the founders wrote about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, they didn't mean longer vacations and more comfortable hammocks. They… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Words summarize the American philosophy of life: Live and let live; Let's make a deal. 8 words summarize American foreign policy: We're… — Gary North Copy Share Image
Nothing gives me as much pride as being a part of a country where liberty dwells. I am a proud citizen of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anytime anyone is enslaved or in any way deprived of his liberty, that person, as a human being, as far as I'm… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
There is something kind of aggressively and inhumanly repetitive about this line that guns are essential to American liberties - hard one… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
If there were just one gift you could choose, but nothing barred, what would it be? We wish you then your own… — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Every tax, however, is to the person who pays it a badge, not of slavery but of liberty. It denotes that he… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the first and principle objective is to repeal Obamacare before it does lasting, fundamental damage to our health care system,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Be not intimidated...nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Now there was no wonder in the Statue of Liberty illusion because he, Copperfield, attempted to do something so large that it… — Doug Henning Copy Share Image
Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point... We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image