Their Liberty Quotes
39 quotes by 34 authors
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Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.
— Benjamin Franklin
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Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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Their sacrifice was great, but not in vain. All Americans and every free nation on earth can trace their liberty to the white markers of…
— George W. Bush
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If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If people by a…
— Herbert Spencer
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When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.
— Confucius
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Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.
— Aristotle
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...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and…
— James Madison
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Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.
— Alice Paul
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The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3 pence on tea,…
— James Madison
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Our efforts have brought new hope to all mankind. We have beaten back despair and defeatism. We have saved a number of countries from losing…
— Harry S. Truman
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An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with…
— James Madison
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No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and…
— John Peter Zenger
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Those who sell their liberty for security are understandable, if pitiable, creatures. Those who sell the liberty of others for wealth, power, or even a…
— L. Neil Smith
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It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by…
— William Penn
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Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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If each human being is to have liberty, he cannot also have the liberty to deprive others of their liberty.
— John Hospers
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It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their liberty, dignity and…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places…
— Oscar Wilde
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Resistance! Resistance! No oppressed people have ever secured their liberty without resistance!
— Henry Highland Garnet
Who Wrote These Their Liberty Quotes
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