Liberties Quotes

402 quotes by 287 authors

I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people, stand once again for the… — Michele Bachmann
Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. — John Quincy Adams
It doesn't matter what color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc., everyone should have the same freedoms and liberties. — Lance Bass
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them… — Samuel Adams
Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't. — Joe Biden
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from… — William J. Brennan
In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a… — Harry Browne
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. — Edmund Burke
The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the… — John C. Calhoun
In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties. — Henri Frederic Amiel
I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people who are here… — Barbara Jordan
If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence. — Thomas Jefferson
The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the lives and liberties… — Josh Jones
Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens… — James Madison
No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties are equal rights… — Wendell Willkie
Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight. That's why you… — Trey Gowdy
One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves. The very working of this economic… — Susan Sontag
The federal war on drugs is a total failure... The federal government's going in there and overriding state laws... Why don't we handle the drugs… — Ron Paul
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives. — Ulysses S. Grant

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