Liberty Quotes - Page 65

No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than any [constitutional] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.

IT has been observed by several gentlemen, in vindication of this motion, that if it should be carried, neither my life, liberty, nor estate will be affected.

It is no more the function of government to impose a moral code than to impose a religious code. And for the same reason.

We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.

Liberty is the breath of progress.

The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die.

Free discussion is the only necessary Constitution - the only necessary Law of the Constitution.

And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.

The world exists, as I understand it, to teach the science of liberty.

The less government we have the better.

There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.

The right to defy an unconstitutional statute is basic in our scheme. Even when an ordinance requires a permit to make a speech, to deliver a sermon, to picket, to parade, or to assemble, it need not be honored when it's invalid on its face.

We anticipate a time when the love of truth shall have come up to our love of liberty, and men shall be cordially tolerant and earnest believers both at once.

The businessmen have corrupted liberty by trying to propose it as a material quality.

It is only by the abolition of the State, by the conquest of perfect liberty by the individual, by free agreement, association, and absolute free federation that we can reach Communism — the possession in common of our social inheritance, and the production in common of all riches.

I believe that successfully addressing our national security needs while protecting our basic freedoms and civil liberties requires continual Congressional oversight, and I will continue to work to assert the role of this body in carrying out this grave responsibility.

When politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics.

True liberty does violence to self and, like Christ, who disregarded that he was sovereign becomes a slave to serve others.

Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.

He who would save liberty must put his trust in democracy.

Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift.

The Liberty Bell is "a very significant symbol for the entire democratic world."

Nixon urged Clinton to maintain his relationship with Yeltsin but make contact with other democrats in Russia. He warned Clinton away from some ultranationalists and toward those interested in liberty and reform. He pressed Clinton to replace his ambassador in Kiev and concentrate future U.S. economic aid on Ukraine, where it would matter most.

The more these readjustments are delayed ... the longer the depression will have to last, and the longer complete recovery is postponed.