American civil war Quote by Abraham Lincoln

The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one.…

— Abraham Lincoln

We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty…

— Abraham Lincoln

The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty

— Abraham Lincoln

Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power.

— Ludwig von Mises

Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.

— Woodrow Wilson

False notions of liberty are strangely common. People talk of it as if it meant the liberty of doing whatever one likes - whereas…

— Frederick William Robertson

Liberty means more to me than life itself.

— Jack Kevorkian

Liberty is not the right of one, but of all.

— Herbert Spencer

Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons

— Ron Paul

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

— Isaiah Berlin

“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one.…

— Abraham Lincoln

Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom…

— Rudy Giuliani