Liberties Quotes · Page 3

One may take many liberties with God which one cannot take with men.

— Isak Dinesen

“Reading is the true foundation of our civil liberties.”

— Patricia O'Hara

In the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many.

— A. J. Muste

I think whoever is the president [he] must guard your liberties, must not erode your rights in America.

— George W. Bush

Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those…

— Anonymous

Clearly when the liberties are left unrestricted they collide with one another.

— John Rawls

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

— Herbert Spencer

If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China.

— Gary Locke

The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in…

— John Ashcroft

The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods.

— Ludwig Borne

As soon as the economic freedom which the market economy grants to its members is removed, all political liberties and bills of…

— Ludwig von Mises

“generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. [It] says what the states can’t do to you. [It] says what the…

— Thom Hartmann

With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game.…

— Valerie Cruz

The Inspector General issued six reviews and reports on actions taken based on provisions of the act. In those six reports, the…

— Jo Bonner

The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we…

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

I like to say 'Reign' is the '24' of the pre-Renaissance. I think we're going to take a lot of liberties with…

— Megan Follows

In the area of national security, I urge the swift passage of an anti-terrorism law that will protect rather than subvert, enhance…

— Anonymous

The Second Amendment is the one that really protects all of our liberties that we are given by our Lord, and our…

— Paul Broun

I think that there's going to be a rush to judgment on civil liberties, and a clamping down, a suspension of our…

— Barbara Lee

But there are no institutions on earth which enable each separate person to have a hand in the exercise of Power, for…

— Bertrand de Jouvenel

So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free…

— Richard Henry Lee

If we claim heritage in Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, we also acknowledge that it was for liberties guaranteed Englishmen by sacred charters…

— Chauncey Depew

Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have remover their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds…

— Thomas Jefferson

If middle-class Americans do not feel threatened by the slow encroachment of the police state or the Patriot Act, it is because…

— Joe Bageant

Among the liberties of citizens that are guaranteed are ... the right to believe what one chooses, the right to differ from…

— William O. Douglas

By international standards, many of the U.K.'s policies for civil society are exemplary. However, there are concerns about constraints on civil liberties…

— Geoff Mulgan

The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.

— Marya Mannes

I'm convinced that you never have to give up liberties to be safe. I think you're less safe when you give up…

— Ron Paul

If someone is confronting our essential liberties, if someone is inflicting injuries and harm, by God I'll confront them!

— Margaret Thatcher

The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights.

— Potter Stewart

When you're in this type of conflict, when you're at war, civil liberties are treated differently.

— Trent Lott

Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals.

— Ann Coulter

There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself.

— Andre Breton

No foteball player be used or suffered within the City of London and the liberties thereof upon pain of imprisonment.

— Elizabeth I

In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.

— James Madison

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

— Clarence Darrow

I believe in making government as Ronald Reagan said. Not the distributor of gifts and privilege but once again the protector of…

— Paul Ryan

One of the least impressive liberties is the liberty to starve. This particular liberty is freely accorded to authors.

— Baron Goodman Arnold Goodman

Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.

— Brian Setzer

I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country.

— Larry Craig