Arbitrary Quote by Emily Greene Balch

A struggle for liberty is in itself respectable and glorious. . . . When conducted with magnanimity, justice and humanity, it ought to command…

— Alexander Hamilton

“The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to be…

— Gene Sharp

“On the other hand, in the presence of tyrants and obstinate opposers, use your liberty in their despite, and with the utmost pertinacity, that…

— Martin Luther

Nothing is so opportune for tyrants as a people tired of its liberty.

— Alan Keyes

That sense – the only true patriotism – comes slowly and springs from the heart: it is founded upon respect for the family and…

— Livy

“Liberty will always triumph over fear and fundamentalism. Our desire to be free is greater than their desire to terrorise and our capacity to…

— David Alejandro Fearnhead

“It is a simple truth that the human mind can face better the most oppressive government, the most rigid restrictions, than the awful prospect…

— Katherine Anne Porter

“Political liberty—that is, the ability of societies to rule themselves—does not depend only on the degree to which a society can mobilize opposition to…

— Francis Fukuyama

“These observations bring out the fact that, whenever liberty is regarded merely as the power to do something which it is desired to do,…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel

Instead of that liberty which takes root and growth in the progress of reason, if recovered by mere force or accident, it becomes with…

— Thomas Jefferson

The man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing that without liberty life is a misery

— Andrew Hamilton

“Liberty demands self-government, but not the right to interfere with others.”

— Bertrand Russell