“When it comes to matters of dealing with the Government, one has to go through red tape just to get to the… — J.Adam Snyder Copy Share Image
Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty. — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
“A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our… — Denis Kearney Copy Share Image
The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over… — Will Self Copy Share Image
To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
When religion controls government, political liberty dies; and when government controls religion, religious liberty perishes. — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
The sky is dark. But to understand something is to give light. Those who deny liberty to the slaves may have white… — Roman Baldorioty de Castro Copy Share Image
Liberty requires opportunity to make a living--a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference.… — Hugh Downs Copy Share Image
I am a Republican because I believe in individual liberty, responsibility, freedom. I believe in the Republican Party and the principles that… — Young Kim Copy Share Image
Our liberties face a far greater threat from Hillary Clinton ... than from Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. I am not… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or… — Patricia Hewitt Copy Share Image
The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The Statue of Liberty means everything. We take it for granted today. We take it for granted. Remember the Statue of Liberty… — Jerry Springer Copy Share Image
Behind every individual closes organization; before him opens liberty,--the Better, the Best. The first and worse races are dead.The second and imperfect… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“July 4, the day we celebrate giving our political masters independence from conscience, morality, consequences for evil doing, and basic social and… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Despite our founding principles and the many ways our constitution has protected individual liberties, we do, let's admit it, have a long… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right… — Chris Gardner Copy Share Image
Man, no doubt, owes many other moral duties to his fellow men; such as to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
There is one tradition in America I am proud to inherit. It is our first freedom and the truest expression of our… — Natalie Merchant Copy Share Image
The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
At this moment in history, we are called to act as if we truly believe that liberty and justice for all is… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
It seems almost incredible that the advocates of liberty should conceive of the idea of selling a fellow creature to slavery. — James Forten Copy Share Image
“The champions of liberty have the medal for any necklace. (Les champions de la liberte - Ont la médaille pour tout collier)” — Charles de Leusse Copy Share Image
For a better society, some liberties need to be restricted and some shall be courageous to sacrifice themselves for equality. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in… — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . . — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I do esteem individual liberty above everything. What is a nation for, but to secure the maximum liberty to every individual? — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Copy Share Image
Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.” — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
People look at the statue of liberty and they see a proud symbol. Donald Trump looks at the statue of liberty and… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress. — James Madison Copy Share Image
