Liberty Quotes · Page 95

“The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to.”

— Thomas Jefferson

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great…

— Victor Hugo

So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we see fit,…

— John Stuart Mill

Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their…

— John F. Kennedy

Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel.

— H. L. Mencken

Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

— Benjamin Franklin

Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.

— Benjamin Franklin

The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

— Emily Greene Balch

Our Father in Heaven planned the coming forth of the Founding Fathersand their form of government as the necessary great prologue leading…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible-from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The laws by which the Divine Ruler of the universe has decreed an indissoluble connection between public happiness and private virtue, whatever…

— William Cabell Rives

The role of the federal government is to protect our liberties. That means they should protect our religious liberties to do what…

— Ron Paul

Diversity, in the true sense of the word, is good. No one committed to liberty and equal opportunity disputes that. Every fair-minded…

— Norah Vincent

I therefore take the liberty of proposing for this hypothetical new atom, which is not light but plays an essential part in…

— Gilbert N. Lewis

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the…

— James Madison

If we want to preserve our liberty, it is up to us to know what is going on, to know the Constitution,…

— Michael Farris

Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has…

— Salman Rushdie

“The Awakening Land" p614 But what in God's name did folks today want to make the whole world over like they were…

— Conrad Richter

Nothing whatever but the constitutional law, the political structure, of these United States protects any American from arbitrary seizure of his property…

— Rose Wilder Lane

A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles - whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled -…

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

And may that Being who is supreme over all, the Patron of order, the Fountain of justice, and the Protector, in all…

— John Quincy Adams

People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions…

— Edward Snowden

We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion.…

— Frederic Bastiat

Thomas Jefferson understood the greater purpose of the liberty that our Founding Fathers sought during the creation of our Nation. Although it…

— William J. Clinton

Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.

— Harry A. Blackmun

Liberty is the right to discipline ourselves in order not to be disciplined by others

— Georges Clemenceau

What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.

— Ludwig von Mises

Our country, if it does justice to itself, will be the workshop of liberty to the civilized world.

— James Madison

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act extends religious liberty to corporations without regard to their for-profit and non-profit status.

— Josh Hawley

“A girl who travels has relationships that are based not on security, but on sincerity”

— lauren klarfeld

Those who won our independence by revolution were not cowards. They did not fear political change. They did not exalt order at…

— Louis D. Brandeis

How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?

— Samuel Johnson

Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or…

— Thomas Jefferson

The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state.

— Anthony Gregory

Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security.

— Norman Thomas

The worst thing is not that the world is unfree, but that people have unlearned their liberty.

— Milan Kundera

Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

— Isaiah Berlin

The illegal drug trade is the financial engine that fuels many terrorist organizations around the world, including Osama bin Laden.

— Dennis Hastert

The party that called itself liberal aimed at respecting the liberty to dispose of one's own goods

— Vilfredo Pareto

That's when civil liberty suffers - when we think special times justify the diminution of civil liberties. And I'm not going to…

— Alan Dershowitz