The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
He who acts under an emotional impulse also acts. What distinguishes an emotional action from other actions is the valuation of input… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete… — Yves Tanguy Copy Share Image
It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for. — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Liberty of thought soon shrivels without freedom of expression. Nor can truth be pursued in an atmosphere hostile to the endeavor or… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. From him who will not… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Students of reading, writing and common arithmetick . . . Graecian [Greek], Roman, English and American history . . . should be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
NATO is based on shared values. Democracy, individual civil liberties and the rule of law. In public and also in meetings with… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
You can be totally committed to conservative principles - to individual liberty, a market economy, entrepreneurship and lower taxes - and still… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
“One might rejoin that the State, representing as it does the public welfare or the common interest of all, curtails a part… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
When you're in this type of conflict, when you're at war, civil liberties are treated differently. — Trent Lott Copy Share Image
Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name,… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Civil liberties are a great heritage for Americans. They are not rights that the government gives to the people, they are the… — Edward Bennett Williams Copy Share Image
For the majority of contemporary Americans, the essence of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness centers on a relentless personal quest… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
I have been lately introduced to the famous Thomas Paine, and like him very well. He is vain beyond all belief, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whatever oppressions man has suffered, they have invariably fallen more heavily on woman. Whatever new liberties advancing civilization has brought to man,… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin... Bankers own the Earth. Take it away from them but leave them the… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
Boys and girls should be taught respect for each other's liberty... and that jealousy and possessiveness kill love. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Why is freedom such a hard sell? That's the question. In this country, why has the idea of individual liberty and responsibility… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves. — Henry Ward Beecher 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
Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion, is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever. — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this? — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Spain and the United States share the same values of democracy, liberty and fundamental freedoms. — King Felipe VI Copy Share Image
The Constitution is not a law, but it empowers the people to make laws... The Constitution tells us what shall not be… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Liberty? Why it doesn't exist. There is no liberty in this world, just gilded cages. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
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