“Our faith in freedom does not rest on the foreseeable results in particular circumstances but on the belief that it will, on… — Friedrich A. Hayek Copy Share Image
Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Repression by brute force is always a confession of the inability to make use of the better weapons of the intellect—better because… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
What I love about New Hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love of liberty...You're the state where the… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
The true test of one's commitment to liberty and private property rights doesn't come when we permit people to be free to… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
[You have Rights] antecedent to all earthly governments: Rights, that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; Rights, derived from the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Custodial education does not have as its objective the education of youth but rather social control over them. It suppresses rather than… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Every man that tried to destroy the Government, every man that shot at the holy flag in heaven, every man that starved… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Everyone that gets an authority into his hands tyrannizes over others; as many husbands, parents, masters, magistrates, that live after the flesh… — Gerrard Winstanley Copy Share Image
History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Some members of Congress will claim that the federal government needs the power to monitor Americans in order to allow the government… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
To me this question whether liberty is a good or a bad thing appears as irrational as the question whether fire is… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The Scalia seat is defense. We're not going to get any better than Justice Scalia. The best we can do is preserve… — Ted Cruz 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
Our efforts have brought new hope to all mankind. We have beaten back despair and defeatism. We have saved a number of… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing . . . Long may our land be bright,… — Samuel Francis Smith Copy Share Image
The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace… — Bill Frist Copy Share Image
Divine love does not weigh down, nor carry his servant captive and enslaved to the lowest depths, but raises him, supports him… — Giordano Bruno Copy Share Image
The main objects of all science, the freedom and happiness of man. . . . [are] the sole objects of all legitimate… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You sail into the harbor, and Staten Island is on your left, and then you see the Statue of Liberty. This is… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I think that the principle of the Conservative Party is jealousy of liberty and of the people , only qualified by fear… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
A war, or any wild-goose chase, is, as the vulgar use the phrase, a lucky turn-up of patronage for the minister, whose… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
Government control gives rise to fraud, suppression of Truth, intensification of the black market and artificial scarcity. Above all, it unmans the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The guarantees of civil liberty are but guarantees of freedom of the human mind and spirit and of reasonable freedom and opportunity… — Harlan F. Stone Copy Share Image
We are now in a position to understand the anti-Semite. He is a man who is afraid. Not of the Jews, to… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
There are only two (major) parties today: The Stupid Party and The Evil Party. Once in a while the two parties get… — Thomas Woods Copy Share Image
“Mr. President, it is time for you to give me back my country. You can either continue to make fools of the… — Nilantha Ilangamuwa Copy Share Image
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