Liberty Quotes
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The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.
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The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind.
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I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.
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The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption.
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The liberty of the individual to do as he pleases, even in innocent matters, is not absolute. It must frequently yield to the common good.
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Liberty is dangerous, as hard to get along with as it is exciting.
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Subjects have no greater liberty in a popular than in a monarchial state. That which deceives them is the equal participation of command.
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American liberty is premised on the accountability of free men and women for what they have done, not for what they may do.
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No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.
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Liberty never meant the license to do anything at will.
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Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure.
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They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.
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The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we.
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Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
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Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.
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The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
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The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.
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I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty itself (paradox though it may seem) to let the slavery of the other states alone; while, on the other hand, I hold it to be equally clear, that we should never knowingly lend ourselves directly or indirectly, to prevent that slavery from dying a natural death--to find new places for it to live in, when it can no longer exist in the old.
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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.
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Weariness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity-and finally liberty is bestowed by sleep.
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True freedom is not the liberty to do anything we please, but the liberty to do what we ought; and it is genuine liberty because doing what we ought now pleases us
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The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.
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The cure for evil and disorder is more liberty, not suppression.
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But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
