Liberty Quotes - Page 85

Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.

American liberty is a religion. It is a thing of the spirit.

Eternal vigilence is the price of liberty.

The community which does not protect its humblest and most hated member in the free utterance of his opinions, no matter how false or hateful, is only a gang of slaves. If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

Politicians have always coveted the liberties we hold.

...[I]f we care about our remaining liberties we must at some point draw a line in the sand and let politicians and bureaucrats know we will not tolerate further encroachment on our God-given rights to liberty.

TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved, Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever after-ward resumes its liberty.

Liberty is to be subserved, whatever occurs.

The media assume that if your life or liberty is on the line and you have a lot of money, you automatically get the best.

The message of individual liberty and peace is contagious.

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

My position does not give me the liberty to exclude anything, but my mood tells me there will not be violence.

I remember somebody saying something to me about Frost/Nixon, when Anthony Hopkins does his famous speech, and the difference in the way Anthony did it was to dramatize, essentially, what was a documentary-style version of that speech. I remember someone saying to me, "There is artistic liberty."

I'm just not sure I trust the federal government not to trample on civil liberties.

Just remember, forgiveness is a way of setting yourself free of the bondage put on you by others. There is liberty to he had in it.

We own ourselves. This is the core of a libertarian theory of rights. But on this theory, while we are at liberty to kill ourselves (regardless of the consequences of others), we are not allowed to kill others, not even if this means that there we be fewer murders in the future, totally speaking.

I do not share the general view that market forces are the basis of personal liberty.

Our basic civil liberties are in jeopardy, but we're going to be spending our time as a society arguing about whether or not schoolchildren should be forced to pay tribute to imaginary invisible beings who live in magical kingdoms in outer space some

[L]et me point out that libertarians defend a tradition of liberty that is the fruit of thousands of years of human history.

Deep in the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought thee forth, Immortal Liberty!

The government should always be the one defending civil liberties.

When I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First Amendment. But also the fundamental right to privacy.

Call to mind the sentiments which nature has engraved on the heart of every citizen, and which take a new force when they are solemnly recognised by all:-For a nation to love liberty, it is sufficient that she knows it; and to be free, it is sufficient that she wills it.

Liberty cannot be purchased by a wish.

I sincerely pray that all the members of the human family may, in the time prescribed by the Father of us all, find themselves securely established in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and happiness.