The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves. — John Locke Copy Share Image
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms... — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
Disarm the people- that is the best and most effective way to enslave them. — James Madison Copy Share Image
There is no kind of freedom and liberty other than the kind which the market economy brings about. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Democracy, freedom and liberty do not make us more than what we are; it is our commitment that matters.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
liberty, which means resisting all forms of cultural authoritarianism, be it from the right wing church, black ideologues, black nationalists, or mainstream… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Yes, we [USA] can be safe and secure, if we stay on the offense against the terrorists and if we spread freedom… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Today, as never before, the issue is clearly defined-liberty and freedom of choice, or oppression and subjugation for the individual and for… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
We [Americans] continue to be harangued by politicians about how Americans must fight this war because we're being attacked because we have… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch… — Benjamin E. Mays Copy Share Image
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Satan...[plans] to destroy liberty and freedom ~ economic, political, and religious, and to set up in place thereof the greatest, most widespread,… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be… — Cesare Beccaria Copy Share Image
“...We don't defeat our enemy by giving him a platform to spread the very propaganda they hope will defeat you... You can… — G. Michael Hopf Copy Share Image
The world has never known the freedom and liberty it did until the United States some 230 years ago - and if… — Rush Limbaugh 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
...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
“If the thing they were fighting for was important enough to die for then it was also important enough for them to… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
You need to understand something, you drink deeply from wells of freedom and liberty and opportunity that you did not dig. You… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy,… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image