The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Liberty plays an important role in justice, and there can be no justice without liberty, which is the power to do what… — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
Our religious liberty was threatened by the Obama administration as part of the Obamacare law. I was in the courtroom when that… — Luther Strange Copy Share Image
Ben Carson actually lost a tooth. Which explains why he said that under his leadership, Americans would be entitled to 'life, liberty,… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Keep steady in the view of the great principles for which you contend. The safety of your homes and the lives of… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“I was quite happy in my new place, and if there was one thing that I missed, it must not be thought… — Anna Sewell Copy Share Image
I have long been convinced that the idea of liberty is abhorrent to most human beings. What they want is security, not… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
It is our happiness to live under the government of a PRINCE who is satisfied with ruling according to law; as every… — Jonathan Mayhew Copy Share Image
A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles - whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled -… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
And may that Being who is supreme over all, the Patron of order, the Fountain of justice, and the Protector, in all… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion.… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson understood the greater purpose of the liberty that our Founding Fathers sought during the creation of our Nation. Although it… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“Imprisonment is the form of punishment which may detrimentally affect not only the offender but also his family and his employment and… — P.W. Thirion Copy Share Image
The following [addition to the Bill of Rights] would have pleased me: The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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
One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They… — David Price Copy Share Image
And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
That is what is happening with the Tea Parties. I wrote a column called "The Second American Revolution" about the fact that… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
...[I]f we care about our remaining liberties we must at some point draw a line in the sand and let politicians and… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
I am anxious to give away information, for it is only by giving it away that you can keep it. When you… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I developed the concept of the Happy Warrior as a rallying cry for those of us who want to restore America to… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
O money, money, how blindly thou hast been worshipped, and how stupidly abused! Thou are health and liberty and strength, and he… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Our Founding Fathers understood that our country would survive and flourish if our Nation was committed to good character and an unyielding… — George W. Bush 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 colonists' first protest against the British unfolded on Aug. 14, 1765 at the Liberty Tree. A magnificent elm towering over the… — Ronald Kessler Copy Share Image
Each government accuses the other of perfidy, intrigue and ambition, as a means of heating the imagination of their respective nations, and… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight.… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
Liberty is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[ Alexis de] Tocqueville said it in 1835, and it's as true today as it was then: 'Despotism may govern without faith,… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
“Just like equality, rights and limited liability companies, liberty is something that people invented and that exists only in their imagination. From… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A few weeks ago we were reminded that other peoples - in particular the United States of America - fought so that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Cranks live by theory, not by pure desire. They want votes, peace, nuts, liberty, and spinning-looms not because they love these things,… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
A few hours' mountain climbing make of a rogue and a saint two fairly equal creatures. Tiredness is the shortest path to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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There are things about classic liberalism that obviously I'm drawn to and I bet all of you are as well. Those are… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
See, when the GOVERNMENT spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when the money is left in the hands of TAXPAYERS, God only… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
![“Imprisonment is the form of punishment which may detrimentally affect not only the offender but also his family and his employment and because of its duration it can seldom be kept from becoming general public knowledge. It [...] can have a lasting demoralising effect on the character and…” quote by P.W. Thirion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/85a/p-w-thirion-267835_crime_imprisonment-is-the-form-of-punishment-w_2946183.jpg)
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![“Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight. That's why you have special liberties and that's why you have special protections.” quote by Trey Gowdy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/46f/trey-gowdy-11613_ass_congress-is-supposed-to-provide-oversigh_723423.jpg)
![“[ Alexis de] Tocqueville said it in 1835, and it's as true today as it was then: 'Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. Religion is more needed in democratic societies than in any other.'” quote by Paul Kengor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c40/paul-kengor-14302_alexis_alexis-de-tocqueville-said-it-in-1835-an_1540411.jpg)
![“[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole human race, and that civil liberty is founded in that, and cannot be wrested from any people without the most manifest violation of justice.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/841/alexander-hamilton-619_civil-liberties_if-you-understood-the-natural-rights-of_545533.jpg)
