Wild liberty breeds iron conscience; natures with great impulses have great resources, and return from far. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
There is a certain hidden mediocrity in those who are stationed above us in life, an ability to take liberties in their… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of… — Tom G. Palmer Copy Share Image
There is no problem anywhere on the earth which cannot be solved better under Liberty than under any other system. — John Longenecker Copy Share Image
Upon this law, depend the natural rights of mankind, the supreme being gave existence to man, together with the means of preserving… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt with the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacophony of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Love of country cannot be a supersized version of individual narcissism. True love of country-of this country-is love of our children, of… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
Individual liberty is allowed to man only to a certain extent. He cannot forget that he is a social being and his… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
It's just in Washington we're talking about equal rights for gay people, civil liberty to smoke marijuana, taking care of the environment,… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Two-thirds of Americans think our kids will have a worse life than we did. That is a powerful indication we are on… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
To me this question whether liberty is a good or a bad thing appears as irrational as the question whether fire is… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
The prospect of a government that treats all its citizens as criminal suspects is more terrifying than any terrorist. And even more… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny. For it is but usurpation in him to save,… — Cato the Younger Copy Share Image
I received the Media for Liberty Award from Swedish PEN, and the prize was awarded by the Swedish minister of culture, who… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties. — William Weld Copy Share Image
I believe in making government as Ronald Reagan said. Not the distributor of gifts and privilege but once again the protector of… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of… — Allen Johnson Copy Share Image
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“I'm not scared of the Maos and the Stalins and the Hitlers. I'm scared of the thousands of millions of people that… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Those who are willing to forfeit liberty for security will have neither. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
When you have a different name, people just kind of take the liberty to spell it how they want. — Cristela Alonzo Copy Share Image
The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We have a long heritage of freedom that defines America. We believe there is a Creator who blessed us with life, liberty… — Todd Akin Copy Share Image
The Christian gospel is a message of freedom through grace and we must stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
While the machinery of law enforcement and indeed the nature of crime itself have changed dramatically since the Fourth Amendment became part… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
“The right-wing Tories and the conservative Whigs fought Napoleon as the Usurper and the Enemy of the Established Order; the liberal Tories… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
Government is, at every level, a means to gather in the labor and wealth of the people, and then instruct the people… — Jeff Baxter Copy Share Image
Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I like contradictions. We have never attained the infinite variety and contradictions that exist in nature. Tomorrow I shall contradict myself. That… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
