Liberty Quotes · Page 93

The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker.

— Henry David Thoreau

The cement of this union is in the heart blood of every American. I do not believe there is on earth a…

— Thomas Jefferson

“There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

There are people who think that plunder loses all its immorality as soon as it becomes legal. Personally, I cannot imagine a…

— Frederic Bastiat

[L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . .

— Algernon Sidney

“Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.”

— George Washington

The tidal wave of God's providence is carrying liberty throughout the globe.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Contact with the affairs of state is one of the most corrupting of the influences to which men are exposed.

— James F. Cooper

The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity…

— Jan Peter Balkenende

It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all…

— Ossie Davis

“There’s no question about freedom of speech when everyone thinks exactly the same and no one says anything out of the accepted…

— Keith Harmon

Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies…

— Tammy Baldwin

Those who sell their liberty for security are understandable, if pitiable, creatures. Those who sell the liberty of others for wealth, power,…

— L. Neil Smith

The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two schools of Socialistic thought which fully and…

— Benjamin Tucker

This nation was established by the God of heaven as a citadel of liberty. A Constitution guaranteeing those liberties was designed under…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Why is patriotism thought to be blind loyalty to the government and the politicians who run it, rather than loyalty to the…

— Ron Paul

In most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether…

— Samuel Johnson

These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the possibility of…

— James Madison

I think that the war on drugs is domestic Vietnam. And didn't we learn from Vietnam that, at a certain point in…

— Kurt Schmoke

Kennedy believed in religious liberty and the separation of church and state. He did not believe in the right of elected officials…

— Jack Schlossberg

Originally, I thought the story of the Alamo was all these men defending their liberty when they could have left, knowing they…

— Phil Collins

By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments... The major crimes…

— John Hospers

Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their…

— Joseph Story

The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guarantee of your liberty.

— Carrie Chapman Catt

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of…

— Anthony Kennedy

They who gain applause and power by pandering to the mistakes, the prejudices and passions of the multitude are the enemies of…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules. I'm…

— William J. Clinton

Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.

— William Shakespeare

Every man may claim the fullest liberty to exercise his faculties compatible with the possession of like liberties by every other man.

— Herbert Spencer

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.

— Bob Hope

Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one.

— John Maynard Keynes

Collective action remains the best way of renewing the march towards the great trinity of liberty, equality, and solidarity.

— Guy Standing

“May we all stand tall together in the face of those forces, here and elsewhere, that seek to enslave us.”

— Sol Luckman

The American people are becoming more and more afraid of, and are running away from, their own revolution.

— Leonard Read

Social motherliness has made women's struggle for liberty the loveliest synthesis of egoism and altruism.

— Ellen Key

Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty.

— Anonymous

Liberty isn't liberalism, arbitrariness, but it's connected; it's conditioned by the great values of love and solidarity and in general by the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

I am a passionate supporter of liberty, equality and popular sovereignty. These values have been championed by democratic giants for hundreds of…

— Claire Fox