The only thing that saves us from bureaucracy is its inefficiency. — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
What gave transcendent importance to the aggressiveness of power was the fact that its natural prey, its necessary victim, was liberty, or… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
John Stuart Mill believed that the only acceptable reason for government to limit a person's liberty was to prevent him from causing… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
Live and let live, be and let be, Hear and let hear, see and let see. . . . Live and let… — Cole Porter Copy Share Image
“Ever wonder why the media never refers to 18 or 19 year old American soldiers as "armed teens"?” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent. — Abraham Flexner Copy Share Image
One of the worst consequences politically would be for the majority of Democrats to vote for someone who, in the near future,… — Ralph Neas Copy Share Image
Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence.” — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an achieved liberty: like electricity, there can be no substantial storage and it must be generated… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
I would always argue to my students that Canada is not necessarily or inherently a left-wing country, and the United States is… — Robert Bothwell Copy Share Image
Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“When enough people realize that they are slaves but don't have to be, revolutions happen.” — J.S.B. Morse Copy Share Image
But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not… — Sallust Copy Share Image
It has always been the aim of royalty and aristocracy to lower the individual liberty and independence of the common people. A… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“If we are to violate the Constitution, will the people submit to our unauthorized acts? Sir, they ought not to submit; they… — Edward Livingston Copy Share Image
“I know that imprisonment will be harder for me than it has ever been for anyone, filled with cowardly threats and hideous… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
I learned something then. And I believe it still. There is a value in taking a stand, whether or not anybody may… — Teresa Heinz Copy Share Image
All government is, in its essence, organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
No simple word That shall be uttered at our mirthful board, Shall make us sad next morning; or affright The liberty that… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Somehow strangely the vice of men gets well represented and protected but their virtue has none to plead its cause - nor… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
It is a melancholy reflection that liberty should be equally exposed to danger whether the government have too much power or too… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I see the liberty of the individual not only as a great moral good in itself (or, with Lord Acton, as the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
I did feel a little afraid, as you say, the complete liberty and "elasticity" of it. But I found that I liked… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
How to obtain freedom has been, and is, mankind's most important quest. — John Pugsley 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
I pledge impertinence to the flag waving, of the unindicted co-conspirators of America, and to the republicans for which I can't stand,… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and… — John Linder Copy Share Image
America was not built on kindness or the Christianity of Christ. It was not built on freedom or liberty. This nation was… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
The church in all ages and among all peoples has been the consistent enemy of the human race. Everywhere and at all… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The flames of freedom which were lighted across this great land of ours in Thomas Jefferson's day have continued to burn with… — J. Edgar Hoover Copy Share Image
Those who hope to nurture genuine religiosity should first establish liberty. — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. — George Savile Copy Share Image
There is no true liberty for the individual except as he finds it in the liberty of all. There is no true… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
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