I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty… — Roger Nash Baldwin Copy Share Image
Rationality is not a prerequisite to liberty. There is a sapient right to be free, whatever conditions we find ourselves in. We… — L Neil Smith Copy Share Image
They [Nazi captors]had more liberty, more options to choose from in their environment; but he [Viktor Frankl] had more freedom, more internal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some thinkers would feel sorely hampered if at liberty to use no forms but such as existed in nature, or to invent… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“If the bulk of the public were really convinced of the illegitimacy of the State, if it were convinced that the State… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
Here in the United States our Muslim citizens are making many contributions in business, science and law, medicine and education, and in… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Rome remained free for four hundred years and Sparta eight hundred, although their citizens were armed all that time; but many other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that in America, freedom and individual liberty will, in the end, always triumph over class division and collectivism with voters… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God… — James Otis Copy Share Image
It is contrary to the principles of reason and justice that any should be compelled to contribute to the maintenance of a… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. She will have nothing from… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
If the minority, and a small one too, is suffered to dictate to the majority, after measures have undergone the most solemn… — George Washington 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
This is revolution in reaction, as well as in radicalism, and Toryism speaking a jargon of law and order may often be… — Frank I. Cobb Copy Share Image
The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
The poorest man may, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof… — William Pitt Copy Share Image
America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tell men that God is love; that right is right, and wrong, wrong; let them cease to admire philanthropy, and begin to… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
“[...] perhaps these thirty years of revolution had taught him that men are unfit for liberty, and he thought that he had… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
A small group had concentrated into their own hands an almost complete control over other people's property, other people's money, other people's… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The Tea Party is not monolithic. There is a battle between people who care about liberty and the Constitution and the Republican… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
We own ourselves. This is the core of a libertarian theory of rights. But on this theory, while we are at liberty… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
We believe in liberty, we believe in limited government, we believe in free enterprise, we believe in family values and the sanctity… — Kurt Bills Copy Share Image
Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but, if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
America the Beautiful, or so you used to be, Land of the Pilgrims' pride, I'm glad they're not here to see, Babies… — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
We live in an age in which the fundamental principles to which we subscribe - liberty, equality and justice for all -… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
For generations, the Statue of Liberty has stood as the symbol of our nation; a beacon of hope and comfort to the… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
Those who enjoy the blessings of liberty under a divinely inspired constitution should promote morality, and they should practice what the Founding… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God… — John Philpot Curran Copy Share Image
“To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
The function of the true state is to impose the minimum restrictions and safeguard the maximum liberties of the people, and it… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image