“Many of my proposals are aimed at freeing humans so they can discover and pursue their personal interests and purpose, while existing… — Albert Wenger Copy Share Image
Among the liberties of citizens that are guaranteed are ... the right to believe what one chooses, the right to differ from… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance… — John Adams Copy Share Image
A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty.… — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
What produces the general good is always terrible or seems bizarre when begun too soon. The Revolution must stop when it has… — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Copy Share Image
...[W]e insist on the principle that no danger or crisis, foreign or domestic, will be solved by Americans surrendering more of their… — Larry P. Arnn Copy Share Image
Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
A nation ignorant of the equal benefits of liberty and law, must be awed by the flashes of arbitrary power: the cruelty… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
We call religious liberty our first freedom, for a reason of course, because it's listed first. And that's because the founders understood:… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
If it's really true, that the museum at Liberty University has dinosaur fossils which are labelled as being 3000 years old, then… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The Obama administration contends that starting a for-profit business means leaving religious liberty behind. The administration has effectively told the Supreme Court… — Josh Hawley Copy Share Image
The two principles referred to are Authority and Liberty, and the names of the two schools of Socialistic thought which fully and… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
“If the Pentateuch is inspired, the civilization of of our day is a mistake and crime. There should be no political liberty.… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If cathedrals had been universities If dungeons of the Inquisition had been laboratories If Christians had believed in character instead of creed… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Ask the average American what is the salient passion in his emotional armamentarium—what is the idea that lies at the bottom of… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power,… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This is a story of a period between two World Wars — an interim in which insanity cut loose. Liberty took a… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
The loss of objectivity in moral thought does not lead to liberation. It leads to oppression. Secular ideologies preach liberty, but they… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“Improving the world can be a nasty and ugly and difficult and dangerous business...because when you improve the world, you threaten the… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“Our time is certainly out of joint. We have forgotten history for one reason and, if we are not careful, we will… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It was in the beginning of the month of November, 17--, when a young English gentleman, who had just left the university… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I believe that if people would learn to use LSD's vision-inducing capability more wisely, under suitable conditions, in medical practice and in… — Albert Hofmann Copy Share Image
...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I sincerely pray that all the members of the human family may, in the time prescribed by the Father of us all,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We haven't usually had to face the extreme questions about liberty and order because we're not a nation of extremists. We love… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
I, poor creature, worn out with scribbling for my bread and my liberty, low in spirits and weak in health, must leave… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The community which does not protect its humblest and most hated member in the free utterance of his opinions, no matter how… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think that's what activates the Tea Party Movement. What they see is the government interfering with their lives and with the… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
If you look at one of the basic underlying tenets of liberty, it's freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom to access… — Ted Yoho Copy Share Image
As government regulations grow slowly, we become used to the harness. Habit is a powerful force, and we no longer feel as… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
In our desire to have government become our benefactor and sustainer, we have allowed it to become our taskmaster and overlord. As… — Chuck Baldwin Copy Share Image