Liberty Quotes · Page 82

Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property,…

— John Adams

Persecution on racial and religious grounds has absolutely no place in a nation given over to liberty.

— Nicholas Murray Butler

It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook.

— Jed S. Rakoff

Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever.

— Alexander H. Stephens

So the question rises: How much liberty can you get away with? Well, you get no more liberty than you give!

— Will Rogers

Christians should be among those who speak loudest in defense of civil liberties and the protection of the weak.

— Max Anders

Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a…

— Martin Luther

Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

— Lucretia Mott

Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Liberty, equality, fraternity. Watchword of French Revolution. And bold and hard adventures t' undertake, Leaving his country for his…

— Charles Fitzgeoffrey

Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are:…

— Barack Obama

All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by…

— Ludwig von Mises

That diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution rages amoung some and to their eternal Infamy the Clergy can furnish their Quota of…

— James Madison

“If taxation without consent is not robbery, then any band of robbers have only to declare themselves a government, and all their…

— Lysander Spooner

In an atmosphere of liberty, artists and patrons are free to think the unthinkable and create the audacious; they are free to…

— Ronald Reagan

That is not a just government, nor is property secure under it, where the property which a man has in his personal…

— James Madison

Today, we stand as a united country and are much closer to the ideals set forth in our Constitution that all men…

— Jim Ryun

Active liberty is particularly at risk when law restricts speech directly related to the shaping of public opinion, for example, speech that…

— Stephen Breyer

Now the 21st century approaches and with it the inevitability of change. We must wonder if the American people will find renewal…

— John Chancellor

Handheld camera is approximating what we're seeing when we're looking at each other, and kind of looking around, and your eyes whipping…

— Paul Feig

“He railed against the baleful precedent that would be set if the legislature exiled an entire category of people without hearings or…

— Ron Chernow

I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the…

— Ted Cruz

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them…

— Calvin Coolidge

I have had much experience with the unclean and uncivilized in the recent past. Shall I tell you what I discovered? I…

— G. Willow Wilson

Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right…

— Barry Goldwater

“His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on the subject of…

— Anonymous

Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

— Leonard Boswell

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix

— Baron de Montesquieu

The American Civil Liberties Union, has helped neutralize the Judeo-Christian underpinnings of our legal system by seeking new legal precedents.

— Bill Bright

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.

— George W. Bush

Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.

— James Russell Lowell

A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty.

— Russell Kirk

The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.

— H. L. Mencken

Freedom is such a precious commodity. Yet sometimes the freest of people devalue it the most.

— Ward Connerly

[L]et me point out that libertarians defend a tradition of liberty that is the fruit of thousands of years of human history.

— Tom G. Palmer

A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Liberty does not mean freedom to do anything;but freedom to do right thing.”

— AarEss

If you go to a Liberty game, they're fun basketball games to go to. But I'll be damned if I know how…

— James L. Dolan

If the world knew how to use freedom without abusing it, tyranny would not exist.

— Tehyi Hsieh

We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have…

— Solon