We've witnessed a fire sale of American liberties at bargain basement prices, in return for the false promise of more security... The… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
“But it was really the then-popular right-wing demagogue Glenn Beck who gave Republicans a taste of what was to come as the… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist… — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
For no People will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can they easily be subdued, where Knowledge is diffusd and Virtue preservd .… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Americans' liberty is perishing beneath the constant growth of government power. Federal, state and local government's are confiscating citizens' property, trampling their… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
It is better to cherish virtue and humanity, by leaving much to free will, even with some loss of the object ,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which has its object the support and diffusion… — Francis Lieber Copy Share Image
Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The widespread distribution of private property ownership is the cornerstone of American liberty. Without it, neither our free enterprise system nor our… — Jeffrey H Reiman Copy Share Image
Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul. — John Adams Copy Share Image
[Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely the institution which has for its object the support and diffusion of religion from… — Francis Lieber Copy Share Image
The National Rifle Association - all that we believe in and fight for - has become a metaphor for the core American… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for liberty. There is also in human nature a resentment of injury, and indignation against… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary… — Samuel West Copy Share Image
Without Virginia, as we must all acknowledge--without her Patrick Henry among the people, her Lees and Jefferson in the forum, and her… — Robert Charles Winthrop Copy Share Image
No matter how much of our liberty Washington takes away in the name of security, there are no guarantees that there won't… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
I believe in the support of the public school as one of the cornerstones of American liberty. I believe in the right… — Al Smith Copy Share Image