Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor…

Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty. Our Constitution…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man’s right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly…

— James Madison

My morality and faith are choices. My sexual orientation however isn't.

— Anthony Venn-Brown

A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by…

— Joseph Addison

Real morality is possible when the sanctions for morality are also tangible and real. Therefore, atheism shifts the basis of morality from faith in…

— Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

“to be a government of "liberty regulated by law," with such results in the development of strength, in population, wealth, and military and commercial…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

What good does it do me, after all, if an ever-watchful authority keeps an eye out to ensure that my pleasures will be tranquil…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I believe that my theory is correct; for whatever be the question upon which I am arguing, whether it be religious, philosophical, political, or…

— Frederic Bastiat

“Many of the innovations in science and philosophy have come from unbelievers, some of whom died for their 'unbeliefs.' Without unbelief, we might well…

— Gordon Stein

Liberty and morality had to win their way slowly over many centuries, until finally expanding liberty made possible the great technological advance of the…

— Murray Rothbard

Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and…

— Charles Carroll of Carrollton

I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation…

— Ronald Reagan

Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature of the…

— Washington Irving