Civilization Quote by Altiero Spinelli

The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and…

— Mikhail Bakunin

“Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.”

— John Stuart Mill

“Human nature is universally imbued with a desire for liberty, and a hatred for servitude.”

— Julius Ceasar

“At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery…

— Burke Strunsky

“Liberty limited by law is the cornerstone of civilization.”

— David Jeremiah

“Human autonomy is the great idolatrous first principle of the modern secular worldview.”

— Albert Mohler

“I believe that liberty is the only genuinely valuable thing that men have invented, at least in the field of government, in a thousand…

— H.L. Mencken

As a man develops, he places a greater value upon his own rights. Liberty becomes a grander and diviner thing. As he values his…

— Anonymous

“There is something in us that refuses to be regarded as less than human. We are created for freedom”

— Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative…

— Samuel Adams

“Liberty is an affair of laws and institutions which bring rights and duties into equilibrium. It is not at all an affair of selecting…

— William Graham Sumner

“In the United States, our concept of liberty has changed drastically from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first century. The change has much to…

— R.C. Sproul