Quotes about liberty
liberty libertarian
There is nothing so bad that politics cannot make it worse. Thomas Sowell
liberty complaining economic
One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.
liberty fishes knows
Fishes that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty. Richard Lovelace
liberty use reader
But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to the judicious reader to decide. Sarah Fielding
liberty fraternity form
[Burke] emphasized that the new forms of politics, which hope to organize society around the rational pursuit of liberty, equality, fraternity, or their modernist equivalents, are actually forms of militant irrationality. Roger Scruton
liberty ends american-liberty
Where licentiousness begins, liberty ends. Samuel West
liberty democracy indispensable
In a democracy, the opposition is not only tolerated as constitutional, but must be maintained because it is indispensable. Walter Lippmann
liberty world savages
Swift has sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast Imitate him if you dare, World-besotted traveler; he Served human liberty. William Butler Yeats
liberty fundamentals socialism
It is not alone that property, in all its forms, is struck at, but that liberty, in all its forms, is challenged by the fundamental conceptions of socialism. Winston Churchill
liberty framers fragile-things
The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we. William J. Brennan
liberty resistance political-freedom
The history of liberty is a history of resistance. Woodrow Wilson
liberty nooses all-things
I tell ye true, liberty is the best of all things; never live beneath the noose of a servile halter. William Wallace
liberty train
Liberty trains for liberty. W. E. B. Du Bois
liberty complaining way
We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.
liberty libertarian economic
Personal liberty without economic liberty is an absolute contradiction; the one cannot exist without the other. William E. Simon
liberty revolution conservative
The American Revolution was a vindication of liberties inherited and possessed. It was a conservative revolution. William E. Gladstone
liberty spirit american-liberty
American liberty is a religion. It is a thing of the spirit. Wendell Willkie
liberty esprit-de-corps stealing
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. Wendell Phillips
liberty matter criminals
The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press: but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity. William Blackstone
liberty individual sovereignty
Liberty is the sovereignty of the individual. Josiah Warren
liberty sides should
If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom. Kofi Annan
liberty should please
Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you should. Ralph Waldo Emerson
liberty mouths sound
The word liberty in the mouth of Mr. Webster sounds like the word love in the mouth of a courtesan.
liberty stronger advocating
Let me be clear: There is no stronger advocate for civil liberties in the Senate than myself. Saxby Chambliss
liberty want defenders
If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders. Tess Gerritsen
liberty easy
Free is not the same as free and easy.
liberty libertarian done
At the day of judgment we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done. Thomas a Kempis
liberty pleasure stills
The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless. Samuel Johnson
liberty individual considering
They make a rout about universal liberty, without considering that all that is to be valued, or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals, is private liberty.
liberty clamour grants
They who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it.
liberty
Liberty is to be subserved, whatever occurs. Walt Whitman
liberty unions constitution
Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties. Samuel Adams
liberty dignity higher
The higher your station, the less your liberty. Sallust