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Liberty Quotes

Let us give up our longing for welfare, our love of war, and our desire to see the government control and shape our fellow citizens. We must come to imagine liberty again, and believe that it can be a reality. We must recapture what it means to be free Picture Quote #1

Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that is so pruned as to keep the rich from denuding the poor by ability or subtlety and the poor from robbing the rich by violence or votes Picture Quote #1

The vigour of government is essential to the security of liberty... a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government Picture Quote #1

Upon occasion we should go as far as intoxication... Drink washes cares away, stirs the mind from its lowest depths... But in liberty moderation is wholesome, and so it is in wine... We ought not indulge too often, for fear the mind contract a bad habit, yet it is right to draw it toward elation and release and to banish dull sobriety for a little Picture Quote #1

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear Picture Quote #1

Challenging snow is one of my favorite kinds of skiing, and I like being able to switch techniques at liberty Picture Quote #1

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Realizing that they can’t get their agenda across: against religious liberty, against a culture of life, they can’t get those issues across through the legislature, as people respond and their elected officials represent them, so they attempt to do it through the courts Picture Quote #1

By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion Picture Quote #1

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty Picture Quote #1

A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself Picture Quote #1

If I may take the liberty to speak for science at least, today his name and his prizes are without a peer in the world. He not only elevates science but he influences it as well Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will Picture Quote #1

The free nations of the world will not be pushed around by terrorist cowards whose goal is to spread fear and destruction and destroy our liberty and way of life Picture Quote #1

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting sergeant Picture Quote #1

I told them that free people always had to decide where to draw the line between their liberty and their security. I noted that the attacks would almost certainly push us as a nation more toward security Picture Quote #1

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. We cannot force love Picture Quote #1

There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence. The history of man is simply the history of slavery, of injustice and brutality, together with the means by which he has, through the dead and desolate years, slowly and painfully advanced Picture Quote #1

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In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property Picture Quote #1

Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty Picture Quote #1

This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural Picture Quote #1

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives Picture Quote #1

The rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule Picture Quote #1

Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men... They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty Picture Quote #1

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Cognitive liberty begins at home, behind your eyes and between your ears. The first act of liberation is to step forward, and be counted as one of us Picture Quote #1

Above all, we should bear in mind that our liberty is not an end in itself; it is a means to win respect for human dignity for all classes of our society Picture Quote #1

He who confuses political liberty with freedom and political equality with similarity has never thought for five minutes about either Picture Quote #1

Liberty is more precious than money or office; and we should be vigilant lest we purchase wealth or place at the price of inner freedom Picture Quote #1

Arbitrariness and true liberty are as distinct from each other that the empirical nature is distinct from the higher nature of man Picture Quote #1

Patronage is the sword and cannon by which war may be made on the liberty of the human race Picture Quote #1

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Let us give up our longing for welfare, our love of war, and our desire to see the government control and shape our fellow citizens. We must come to imagine liberty again, and believe that it can be a reality. We must recapture what it means to be free (Liberty Quotes) Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that is so pruned as to keep the rich from denuding the poor by ability or subtlety and the poor from robbing the rich by violence or votes (Liberty Quotes) The vigour of government is essential to the security of liberty... a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government (Liberty Quotes) Upon occasion we should go as far as intoxication... Drink washes cares away, stirs the mind from its lowest depths... But in liberty moderation is wholesome, and so it is in wine... We ought not indulge too often, for fear the mind contract a bad habit, yet it is right to draw it toward elation and release and to banish dull sobriety for a little (Liberty Quotes) If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear (Liberty Quotes) Challenging snow is one of my favorite kinds of skiing, and I like being able to switch techniques at liberty (Liberty Quotes) Realizing that they can’t get their agenda across: against religious liberty, against a culture of life, they can’t get those issues across through the legislature, as people respond and their elected officials represent them, so they attempt to do it through the courts (Liberty Quotes) By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion (Liberty Quotes) The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty (Liberty Quotes) A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself (Liberty Quotes) If I may take the liberty to speak for science at least, today his name and his prizes are without a peer in the world. He not only elevates science but he influences it as well (Liberty Quotes) 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 (Liberty Quotes) True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will (Liberty Quotes) The free nations of the world will not be pushed around by terrorist cowards whose goal is to spread fear and destruction and destroy our liberty and way of life (Liberty Quotes) Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise those of the recruiting sergeant (Liberty Quotes) I told them that free people always had to decide where to draw the line between their liberty and their security. I noted that the attacks would almost certainly push us as a nation more toward security (Liberty Quotes) The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. We cannot force love (Liberty Quotes) There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence. The history of man is simply the history of slavery, of injustice and brutality, together with the means by which he has, through the dead and desolate years, slowly and painfully advanced (Liberty Quotes) In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property (Liberty Quotes) Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty (Liberty Quotes) This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural (Liberty Quotes) It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives (Liberty Quotes) The rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule (Liberty Quotes) Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men... They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty (Liberty Quotes) Cognitive liberty begins at home, behind your eyes and between your ears. The first act of liberation is to step forward, and be counted as one of us (Liberty Quotes) Above all, we should bear in mind that our liberty is not an end in itself; it is a means to win respect for human dignity for all classes of our society (Liberty Quotes) He who confuses political liberty with freedom and political equality with similarity has never thought for five minutes about either (Liberty Quotes) Liberty is more precious than money or office; and we should be vigilant lest we purchase wealth or place at the price of inner freedom (Liberty Quotes) Arbitrariness and true liberty are as distinct from each other that the empirical nature is distinct from the higher nature of man (Liberty Quotes) Patronage is the sword and cannon by which war may be made on the liberty of the human race (Liberty Quotes)

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