America Quote by James Madison

In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example . . . of charters of power granted by…

— James Madison

“In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example and France has followed it, of charters of power…

— James Madison

Our liberties do not come from charters; for these are only the declaration of pre-existing rights. They do not depend on parchments or seals;…

— John Dickinson

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

— David Lloyd George

Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves

— Hugo Grotius

The demand for liberty is a demand for power, either for possession of powers of action not already possessed or for retention and expansion…

— John Dewey

I would define liberty to be a power to do as we would be done by. The definition of liberty to be the power…

— John Adams

All special charters of freedom must be abrogated where the universal law of freedom is to flourish.

— Heinrich Heine

When liberty becomes license, some form of one-man power is not far distant.

— Theodore Roosevelt

[Liberty] is freedom of choice, a divine gift, an essential virtue in a peaceful society.

— David O. McKay

The wielders of power did not speak for it, nor did they naturally serve it. Their interest was to use and develop power, no…

— Bernard Bailyn