Best Liberties Lines
402 Liberties quotes by 276 unique authors
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Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever.
— Alexander H. Stephens
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It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's liberties that is…
— Robert Byrd
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The priceless heritage of the free and independent interchange of thought is not to be kept without ceaseless vigilance. Only by guarding the truth itself…
— Unknown Author
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Critics have stepped up their attacks on the President for authorizing the National Security Agency to listen to international communications of known al Qaeda members…
— Scott McClellan
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Do the people of this land…desire to preserve those [liberties] protected by the First Amendment… If so, let them withstand all beginnings of encroachment. For…
— George Sutherland
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Many heroic exploits and chivalrous adventures are related to me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great…
— Daniel Boone
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Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.
— Larry Flynt
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For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write…
— Iris Chang
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Stain not the glory of your worthy ancestors, but like them resolve never to part with your birthright; be wise in your deliberations, and determined…
— Joseph Warren
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With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries…What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners…
— Lee Kuan Yew
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I came home from Portugal convinced that nothing is so important as making known what the Mother of God asked in those apparitions of 1917…
— William Thomas Walsh
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I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue.
— Emma Bonino
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When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other…
— Christopher Dodd
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There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be…
— Charles Kennedy
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Wherever the title of streets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public and, time out…
— Jason Epstein
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As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions of executive power…
— Unknown Author
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I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the…
— Joe Biden
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It is impossible to grasp the meaning of the idea of sound money if one does not realize that it was devised as an instrument…
— Ludwig von Mises
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Means and ends are central. If your means are corroded, your ends will be corroded. And if you're fighting to preserve liberty and you use…
— Nat Hentoff
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The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent- they believe in individual liberty.…
— Molly Ivins
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In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of…
— Frederic Bastiat
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Our current draconian laws prohibiting the use of marijuana by responsible adults are doubly flawed. Not only does such prohibition violate fundamental freedoms but also.…
— Nadine Strossen
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FREEDOM CANNOT BE LICENSED, liberties cannot be regulated and rights cannot be granted. History teaches us that when the rights and liberties of a free…
— Steve Kubby
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If we're ignorant of the historical sacrifices that made our liberties possible, we will be less likely to make the sacrifices again so that those…
— Walter E. Williams
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No matter how much of our liberty Washington takes away in the name of security, there are no guarantees that there won't be another terrorist…
— Walter E. Williams
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