Liberty Quotes

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The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike… — Aristotle
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety, a perfect liberty… — Sri Aurobindo
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
If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more… — Michele Bachmann
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's… — Francis Bacon
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
Liberty is the prevention of control by others. — Lord Acton
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. — Lord Acton
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee. — F. Lee Bailey
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa. — Mikhail Bakunin
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity. — Mikhail Bakunin
A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of… — Mikhail Bakunin
The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not… — Mikhail Bakunin
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. — James A. Baldwin
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. — James A. Baldwin

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