America faces a fundamental choice: either the blessings of liberty or the servitude of liberalism. In the political struggle for survival, one… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
In France, religion had been considered the enemy of liberty, but in America, as George Washington expressed it, religion and morality were… — D. James Kennedy Copy Share Image
The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which barely escapes… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbor and perhaps my employer, has over me is very much less… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The immense and ever increasing sums which the state wrings from the people are never enough for it; it mortgages the income… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
No, sometimes we just have to take liberties because the idea was so good. I wish we'd just gone with the idea… — Jennifer Saunders Copy Share Image
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Strange is the vigour in a brave man's soul. The strength of his spirit and his irresistible power, the greatness of his… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
At the southern tip of the continent, a rich reward is in the making, an invaluable gift is in the preparation, for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Even despots accept the excellence of liberty. The simple truth is that they wish to keep it for themselves and promote the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
When a sixth of the population of a nation which has undertaken to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, and a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It wouldn't take us long to discover the substance of that dream. It is found in those majestic words of the Declaration… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Those concerns of a national character-such as air and water pollution that do not respect state boundaries, or the national transportation system,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Liberty is so great a magician, endowed with so marvelous a power of productivity, that under the inspiration of this spirit alone,… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Unless you're willing to move hundreds of miles away or take a huge pay cut to restart your career from scratch, a… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have often expressed my sentiments, that every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God alone for… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We've seen it again and again. From civil rights to women's rights to marriage rights, this country has reinvented itself in the… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely the institution which has for its object the support and diffusion of religion from… — Francis Lieber Copy Share Image
Manchester is a city which has witnessed a great many stirring episodes, especially of a political character. Generally speaking, its citizens have… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential… — John Peter Zenger Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm, being the infirmity of bold and ambitious tempers, is naturally accompanied with a spirit of liberty; as superstition,on the contrary, renders… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Benjamin Franklin put it at a time of similiar uncertainty: “those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government...… — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
Our legislators are not sufficiently apprized of the rightful limits of their power; that their true office is to declare and enforce… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Now I will avow, that I then believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. —written for the Pennsylvania… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
How can we hope to retain our freedom through the generations if we fail to teach our young that our liberty springs… — Jonathan Falwell Copy Share Image
Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing,… — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
Promoting active liberty does not mean allowing the majority to run roughshod over minorities. It calls for taking special care that all… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I cannot bear with laws for the interpretation of the word of God, since the word of God, which teaches liberty in… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
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