Liberty Quotes

The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities.

I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid.

Empire and liberty.

Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.

This liberty will look easy by and by when nobody dies to get it.

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.

But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

But on the other hand government takes away a certain amount of liberty and in some countries it takes away all of liberty. And it will, everywhere, if people who fight government do not fight government any longer.

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

President Obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. I will defend religious liberty and overturn regulations that trample on our first freedom.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

The grandest thing has been the lifting up of the gates and the opening of the doors to the women of America, giving liberty to twenty-seven million women, thus opening to them a new and larger life and a higher ideal.

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.

The most enduring legacy of President Barack Obama is going to be a new generation of leaders standing up for liberty.

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.

The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good.

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.

Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.

We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend.

Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our liberty.