“If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
The State may justify a limitation on religious liberty by showing it is essential to accomplish an overriding governmental interest. — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty. — David Antin Copy Share Image
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious. — John Milton Copy Share Image
All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Tyranny is the exercise of some power over a man, which is not warranted by law, or necessary for the public safety.… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
We owe gratitude to France, justice to England, good will to all, and subservience to none ... it was by the sober… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 'America, land of liberty and freedom?' You know, that's baloney.… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Government is a guarantor of liberty and is compatible with liberty only if its range is adequately restricted to the preservation of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Government is, by its very nature, a destroyer of liberties; the Obama administration, specifically, is promising to interfere with the economy and… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
“July 4, the day we celebrate giving our political masters independence from conscience, morality, consequences for evil doing, and basic social and… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Frankly, I don't think you should perform in a plaza where thousands of Cubans have been subjected to the death penalty, by… — Zoe Valdes Copy Share Image
It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I received the Media for Liberty Award from Swedish PEN, and the prize was awarded by the Swedish minister of culture, who… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I am not myself free or human until or unless I recognize the freedom and humanity of all my fellowmen... I am… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the difference between the Soviet Constitution… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Liberty is too priceless to be forfeited through the zeal of an administrative agent. — Frank Murphy Copy Share Image
As is always the case when peace takes precedence over liberty, neither is achieved. — Bruce Herschensohn Copy Share Image
In the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many. — A. J. Muste Copy Share Image
No system of regulation can safely be substituted for the operation of individual liberty as expressed in competition. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. — John Adams Copy Share Image
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Those who hope to nurture genuine religiosity should first establish liberty. — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis. — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism. — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. — Thomas Becket Copy Share Image
Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people. — Alveda King Copy Share Image
No power on earth can resist the lovers of liberty who are ready not to kill opponents, but be killed by them. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It's liberty or it's death. It's freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“I don't believe I shall ever marry; I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in any… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
