When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
All our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land. — William Kingdon Clifford Copy Share Image
Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
The word liberty in the mouth of Mr. Webster sounds like the word love in the mouth of a courtesan. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
I'm feeling a kind of liberty to write about what's interesting to me without worrying about what I should be writing about.… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
We are Christians and Catholics not because we worship a key, but because we have passed a door; and felt the wind… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
In the experiences of a year of the Presidency, there has come to me no other such unwelcome impression as the manifest… — Warren G. Harding Copy Share Image
liberty, which means resisting all forms of cultural authoritarianism, be it from the right wing church, black ideologues, black nationalists, or mainstream… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
I believe, very strongly, that it is the responsible, adult, recreational, no apologies necessary, 'it just makes my music more fun,' recreational… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
There's no dishonor in being forced by a superior power into slavery, but it is an eternal disgrace to voluntarily surrender one's… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their… — Aly Khan Copy Share Image
Liberty is precious. But so is life. It should not be so difficult for men and women of good will and good… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Saving the world requires saving democracy. That requires well-informed citizens. Conservation, environment, poverty, community, education, family, health, economy- these combine to make… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
“Here's what we're not taught [about the Declaration and Constitution]: Those words at the time they were written were blazingly, electrifyingly subversive.… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“Limited government is not a means to liberty, it is an end. That is to say, there are always going to be… — Richard D. Baris Copy Share Image
“Moments like these absolve the needs dividing men. Whatever caught and brought and kept them here Under Troy's Wall for ten burnt… — Christopher Logue Copy Share Image
[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Many think it not only inevitable but entirely proper that liberty give way to security in times of national crisis--that, at the… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
“People are naturally born as Libertarians till governments and oppressive societies force them to adopt their ideologies and their ways.” — Hany Ghoraba Copy Share Image
If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
“leave him free, and the mere sense of liberty would content him, joined to the knowledge that his presence was dear to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
Republican liberty depends on citizen participation, on a government that is of, for, and by the people. — Josh Hawley Copy Share Image
How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood. — Lucan Copy Share Image
We have never stopped sin by passing laws; and in the same way, we are not going to take a great moral… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
..the establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive that induced me to the field of battle. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. — Ignatius of Loyola Copy Share Image
I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To talk about liberty and freedom is nice, lovely, but the important thing is to allow people to act in liberty and… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
![“Here's what we're not taught [about the Declaration and Constitution]: Those words at the time they were written were blazingly, electrifyingly subversive. If you understand them truly now, they still are. You are not taught - and it is a disgrace that you aren't - that these men and women were…” quote by Naomi Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/naomi-wolf-1344_declaration_here-s-what-we-re-not-taught-about-the-d_1777102.jpg)
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