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Liberty Quotes by Isaiah Berlin
- Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.
- Those who have ever valued liberty for its own sake believed that to be free to choose, and not to be chosen for, is an…
- But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you-the social reformers-see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat…
- Liberty and equality, spontaneity and security, happiness and knowledge, mercy and justice - all these are ultimate human values, sought for themselves alone; yet when…
- Both liberty and equality are among the primary goals pursued by human beings throughout many centuries; but total liberty for wolves is death to the…
More Liberty Quotes
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — 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… — 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,… — Sri Aurobindo
- I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people, stand once… — 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… — Michele Bachmann
- It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power… — 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