Civil Liberty Quotes
33 Civil Liberty quotes by 25 unique authors
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Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society.
— Alexander Hamilton
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[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole…
— Alexander Hamilton
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Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for…
— William Graham Sumner
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I believe, very strongly, that it is the responsible, adult, recreational, no apologies necessary, 'it just makes my music more fun,' recreational use of marijuana…
— Rick Steves
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A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are the principal support…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.
— John Quincy Adams
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As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance and equality of all…
— Albert Einstein
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Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty.
— David Hume
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...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil liberty, subversive of…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.
— Edmund Burke
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There is not a truth to be gathered from history more certain, or more momentous, than this: that civil liberty cannot long be separated from…
— Joseph Story
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The civil liberty of every mode of worship, and full power given to all of openly and publicly manifesting their opinions and their ideas conduce…
— Pope Pius IX
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The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and…
— Patrick Pearse
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It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted…
— Josiah Strong
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Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion.
— Noah Webster
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Governor Ford is sworn to support the Constitution of the United States and also of this State Illinois, and these constitutions guarantee religious as well…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. When zealous agents of the Government arrest suspected "radicals"…
— Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.
— William Blackstone
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What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting;…
— Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian…
— Edmund Burke
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When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
— John Milton
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Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…in proportion as they are more…
— Edmund Burke
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Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand…
— William Godwin
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