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
Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
Government is, by its very nature, a destroyer of liberties; the Obama administration, specifically, is promising to interfere with the economy and… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Were it necessary to bring a majority into a comprehension of the libertarian philosophy, the cause of liberty would be utterly hopeless.… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
Liberty, understood by materialists as the right to do or not to do anything not directly injurious to others, we understand as… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
Liberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored… — Henry Campbell Black Copy Share Image
Wherever the sword of rebellion is drawn to protect the rights of man, I am a rebel. Wherever the sword of rebellion… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Deep patriots don't just sing the song, 'America the Beautiful' and then go home. We actually stick around to defend America’s beauty… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If the believers in liberty wish the principles of liberty taught, let them never intrust that instruction to any government; for the… — Voltairine de Cleyre Copy Share Image
Love wakes much and sleeps little and, in sleeping, does not sleep. It faints is not weary; it is restricted in its… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Terrorists and their allies believe the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the American Bill of Rights and every charter of liberty… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of liberty is… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Police have two rights that even the president does not have, the right to take liberty and to take life. Those are… — Eric Adams Copy Share Image
Professor von Mises has a splendid analytical mind and an admirable passion for liberty; but as a student of human nature he… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In the end, the difference between Conservatism and Liberalism seems to be this: the Conservative thinks of liberty as something to be… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It was the transmutation of the classical liberal intellectual foundation by Christianity that gave modern Europe its impetus and that pushed European… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
But of all the views of this law [universal education] none is more important, none more legitimate, than that of rendering the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Americans have the mistaken viewpoint that Lady Liberty is only a peacetime luxury who is ill-equipped to fight the nasties. Therefore, they… — Mary Ruwart 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Liberty in thought and action is the only condition of life, growth and well-being: Where it does not exist, the man, the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
It is not infrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their… — Samuel Adams 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
The literature of a people must so ring from the sense of its nationality; and nationality is impossible without self-respect, and self-respect… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
We owe gratitude to France, justice to England, good will to all, and subservience to none ... it was by the sober… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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