Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“The limits of freedom of expression is tautological: it ends at the point where it begins to affect the freedom of expression… — Rafael k Nunes Copy Share Image
Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Our lives, our liberty, and our property are never in greater danger than when Congress is in session. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Were it necessary to bring a majority into a comprehension of the libertarian philosophy, the cause of liberty would be utterly hopeless.… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
Government is, by its very nature, a destroyer of liberties; the Obama administration, specifically, is promising to interfere with the economy and… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Liberty, understood by materialists as the right to do or not to do anything not directly injurious to others, we understand as… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends,… — Joseph Warren Copy Share Image
Men in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign state, servants of fame, and servants of business; so as they… — John Locke Copy Share Image
What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government.… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The State, of course, is absolutely indispensable to the preservation of law and order, and the promotion of peace and social cooperation.… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Whether they really believe in their brave new world, however, is ultimately beside the point. They're building it. And in the friction-free… — Mark Slouka Copy Share Image
“He was a worshiper of liberty, a friend of the oppressed. A thousand times I have heard him quote these words: "For… — Robert Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“So what? Why should an a priori proof of the libertarian property theory make any difference? Why not engage in aggression anyway?”… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
We believe in a free Europe, not a standardised Europe. Diminish that variety within the member states, and you impoverish the whole… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image