Begets Quote by George Washington

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to…

— Ignazio Silone

Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.

— Lord Acton

Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.

— Oliver Ellsworth

Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly…

— Oliver Ellsworth

Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

— Isaiah Berlin

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just,…

— John Winthrop

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

Liberty is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member…

— George Washington

Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety…

— John Acton

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the…

— Mary McCarthy

Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom…

— Rudy Giuliani

We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty…

— Abraham Lincoln