What a perversion of the normal order of things! ... to make power the primary and central object of the social system,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When you break the big laws, you do not get liberty; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use; the dramatist only wants more liberties than he can really take. — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I'm not sure how far Derrida's later 'theological' interests are really rooted in post-structuralism or whether they don't rather reflect a kind… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
[E]conomic liberty and creative entrepreneurship are the basis of any solution to today's social and economic difficulties. Blaming business, setting wages, and… — Doug Bandow Copy Share Image
Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and Down with Authority her war-cry. — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
Our contemporary Tories prefer the term 'ordered liberty' to 'freedom'. The word 'freedom' scares them; it has too much of a paleolithic… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Love, if it be love indeed, asks no permission as to where it shall seek vantage ground or gain its victory -… — Marie Corelli Copy Share Image
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Mayor, Aldermen and Councilors of the City of Nauvoo, IL, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take and… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The constitution expects every man to do his duty; and when he fails the law urges him; or should he do too… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
It is true that liberty is not free, nor is it easy. But tyranny - even varying degrees of it - is… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
It is incredible how as soon as a people become subject, it promptly falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that… — Etienne de La Boetie Copy Share Image
The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion… — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
A self-conscious society will therefore endeavor to limit sect forming by providing for the widest possible diffusion of secular knowledge. — Edward Alsworth Ross Copy Share Image
“. . . The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty. — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
Congress remains in total denial as our liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled by unwarranted fear and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all legal professions of history… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image