I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights. — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. — Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
Different political views, even if they're all liberal, in the sense of supporting liberal constitutional democracy, undoubtedly have some notion of the… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We need international support so that our people live a life of normality, of dignity, of liberty and freedom. I hope that… — Mahmoud Abbas Copy Share Image
Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In this way, we end up spending (as Thoreau put it) “the best part of one's life earning money in order to… — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
True freedom is not the liberty to do anything we please, but the liberty to do what we ought; and it is… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
“If I were to construct a God I would furnish Him with some way and qualities and characteristics which the Present lacks.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
For it is an essential difference between capitalist and socialist production that under capitalism men provide for themselves, while under Socialism they… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I told them that free people always had to decide where to draw the line between their liberty and their security. I… — Michael Hayden Copy Share Image
The forces of safety are afoot in the land. I, for one, believe it is a conspiracy - a conspiracy of Safety… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Had the white settlers in North America called the natives 'Americans' instead of 'Indians', the early Americans could not have said that… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
Yet the basic fact remains: every regulation represents a restriction of liberty, every regulation has a cost. That is why, like marriage… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The U.S. Constitution was meant to be universal, not just something that only America would observe. The principle of defending liberty for… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
Failure of government programs prompts more determined effort, while the loss of liberty is ignored or rationalized away...whether is it is the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You’re ready to go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we… — Lucille Roybal-Allard Copy Share Image
The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers, and tax those who behave: government does little for fairly respectable people… — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
All restraints upon man's natural liberty, not necessary for the simple maintenance of justice, are of the nature of slavery, and differ… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Believe me, the next step is a currency crisis because there will be a rejection of the dollar, the rejection of the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
In suits at common law, trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Card players have a saying: "It's all right to play if you keep your eyes on the deck" - which is another… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
Fighting corruption by improving financial transparency may be one of the most effective ways of promoting liberty around the world. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Your national greatness, swelling vanity; your denunciation of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty… — Catherine the Great 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
