Best Liberties Qoutes
402 Liberties quotes by 276 unique authors
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And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties -…
— Frederic Bastiat
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I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what you're…
— William Least Heat-Moon
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Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this world.…
— Russell Kirk
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World War II was fought for the abolition of racial exclusiveness, equality of nations and the integrity of their territories, liberation of enslaved nations and…
— Joseph Stalin
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Americans oppose Obamacare because they understand that it is inconsistent with our liberties and our idea of limited government and that it will destroy the…
— David Limbaugh
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Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary of…
— Lucille Roybal-Allard
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The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate…
— Lucille Roybal-Allard
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There is no relationship here between Church and State. Religious liberty has its unalterable place, along with civil and human liberty, in the very foundation…
— Warren G. Harding
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Any court which undertakes by its legal processes to enforce civil liberties needs the support of an enlightened and vigorous public opinion which will be…
— Robert H. Jackson
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I am ... a realist. The magnitude of what one terms license or civil liberties or personal freedom has got to be adjusted to the…
— Lee Kuan Yew
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I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.
— Jack Kemp
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One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.
— William Weld
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For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory…
— Bob Barr
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and…
— Tammy Baldwin
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When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws…
— Caleb Cushing
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I would consider all of the legislation which I have supported meaningless if I were to sit idly by, silent, during a period which may…
— Dennis Chavez
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The truth is our country, our people, our liberties, and our way of life are under attack by radical Islamic terrorists who kill and destroy…
— Saxby Chambliss
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The right to a trial is a core principle of the American legal system. Depriving Americans of these essential liberties undermines the Constitution while doing…
— John Garamendi
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The civil liberties types who are fighting this issue have to fight it, owing to the nature of the laws, as a matter of freedom…
— Tom Lehrer
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I don't think I should tell you what to do, nor should the government. As long as you enjoy your own personal liberties and don't…
— Armie Hammer
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At times when you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms…
— Josh Hutcherson
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A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be watched…
— Samuel Adams
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It is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed among them, over which they have no control ... The…
— Samuel Adams
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If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Our laws make law impossible; our liberties destroy all freedom; our property is organized robbery; our morality an impudent hypocrisy; our wisdom is administered by…
— George Bernard Shaw
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