Balance Quote by Jon Meacham

liberty is the one thing no man can have unless he grants it to others.

— Ruth Benedict

Liberty may be an uncomfortable blessing unless you know what to do with it. That is why so many freed slaves returned to their…

— Walter Lippmann

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

— Voltairine de Cleyre

Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people. To know how to be free is not given equally to all…

— Paul Valery

Liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

— Louisa May Alcott

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.

— Learned Hand

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution,…

— Learned Hand

Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. Liberty is…

— H. L. Mencken

Liberty requires opportunity to make a living--a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

— Clarence Darrow

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the soul and brain of man.

— Clarence Darrow