--- title: "7 Liberty Understand Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Liberty Understand quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Liberty Understand sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/james-f-cooper-7716_america_in-america-it-is-indispensable-that-ever_501286.jpg" --- > [In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only proceed from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-f-cooper/in-america-it-is-indispensable-that-every-well-wisher-of-true-liberty/) [James F. Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-f-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/james-f-cooper-7716_america_in-america-it-is-indispensable-that-ever_501286.jpg) > [Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/also-when-you-escape-a-communist-regime-you-treasure-liberty-and-you/) [Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/dennis-prager-631_communist_also-when-you-escape-a-communist-regime_533231.jpg) > [Wherever liberty as we understand it has been destroyed, this has almost always been done in the name of some new freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/wherever-liberty-as-we-understand-it-has-been-destroyed-this-has/) [Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_destroyed_wherever-liberty-as-we-understand-it-has_889612.jpg) > [If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/if-none-were-to-have-liberty-but-those-who-understand-what-it-is/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_freed_if-none-were-to-have-liberty-but-those-w_967492.png) > [By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cato-the-younger/by-liberty-i-understand-the-power-which-every-man-has-over-his-own/) [Cato the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cato-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/cato-the-younger-21592_action_by-liberty-i-understand-the-power-which_1191277.jpg) > [Millions of people have to restore liberty and have to understand the danger and personal risk they face in a police state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-wolf/millions-of-people-have-to-restore-liberty-and-have-to-understand-the/) [Naomi Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-wolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/naomi-wolf-1344_danger_millions-of-people-have-to-restore-liber_1607982.png) > [“Political liberty,” what are we to understand by that? Perhaps the individual’s independence of the State and its laws? No; on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-stirner/political-liberty-what-are-we-to-understand-by-that-perhaps-the/) [Max Stirner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-stirner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/max-stirner-6556_anarchism_political-liberty-what-are-we-to-underst_2609582.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liberty-understand/#itemlist", "name": "Liberty Understand Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only proceed from the publick. The publick, then, is to be watched, in this country, as, in other countries kings and aristocrats are to be watched.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James F. 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