Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Now-a-days, men wear a fool's cap, and call it a liberty cap.” — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Liberty and security are often in direct confrontation and must be balanced in a way that protects us without destroying what is… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
There is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers. — Henry Middleton Copy Share Image
This, then, is freedom in the external life of man-that he is independent of the arbitrary power of his fellows. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Liberty is a luxury of security; the free individual is a product and a mark of civilization. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Our liberty cannot be taken away unless the people are themselves accomplices. — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Copy Share Image
The free world knows, out of the bitter wisdom of experience, that vigilance and sacrifice are the price of liberty. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I see the liberty of the individual not only as a great moral good in itself (or, with Lord Acton, as the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Wherever the sword of rebellion is drawn to protect the rights of man, I am a rebel. Wherever the sword of rebellion… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of liberty is… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Police have two rights that even the president does not have, the right to take liberty and to take life. Those are… — Eric Adams Copy Share Image
Terrorists and their allies believe the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the American Bill of Rights and every charter of liberty… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Liberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored… — Henry Campbell Black Copy Share Image
But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The church in all ages and among all peoples has been the consistent enemy of the human race. Everywhere and at all… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I have faith that the Constitution will be saved as prophesied by Joseph Smith. It will be saved by the righteous citizens… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won't touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
I learned something then. And I believe it still. There is a value in taking a stand, whether or not anybody may… — Teresa Heinz Copy Share Image
On human rights, civil rights and environmental quality, I consider myself to be very liberal. On the management of government, on openness… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Having confidence in a free society is to focus on the process of discovery in the marketplace of values rather than to… — Ken Schoolland Copy Share Image
If one, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him, It means just what Concord and Lexington meant,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
All that needs to be done for evil to prevail is good men doing nothing. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image