Quotes About Liberty

All I'm for is the liberty of the individual.

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.

My fundamental tenets are concerned with freedom of the individual; the market isn't perfect, but it's the best available way of allocating resources.

Classical liberalism is the idea that individual freedom and limited government are the best way for humans to form a free society.

I believe, basically, that individual freedom is very important.

I am not about to be a party to anything having to do with the law that is going to destroy individual freedom and liberty in this country.

It has always been the aim of royalty and aristocracy to lower the individual liberty and independence of the common people. A baron and a minute-man could not breathe the same air.

Our individual liberty is the very essence of America. It is what makes America unique.

Why is freedom such a hard sell? That's the question. In this country, why has the idea of individual liberty and responsibility become such a hard sell? That's something I never thought would happen here.

We live in America. We live in a free society where we are able to make choices. It's about giving individuals freedoms and holding them accountable.

I think that the best that government can do for you and I as individuals is to empower you and I to make decisions that only you and I should make.

I think there is an instinct out there to rid us of our masters.

As humans, our instinct is to be free. And any sort of restrictions don't help.

I am completely a director's actor. If the director gives me the liberty and freedom, then I give my inputs. Otherwise, I just follow instructions.

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.

People don't want to be told what type of insurance they have to have.

The Second Amendment is an integral part of the Bill of Rights.

I hate rules. I hate government intervention. Just live and let live, man.

I love hordes. They screen out free choice; you're free at last: stuck. Our

The classical liberal is someone who stands for freedom, for liberty and for liberation. What we see today within the American academy is the shutting down of ideas. We see ideological fascism rather than academic freedom. The conservative voice is actually more classically liberal because we're arguing for an open, robust exchange of ideas. Why? Because we can trust truth to judge the debate rather than politics or power."

gli uomini vivevano in stato di libertà, cioè nello stato degli animali, delle scimmie, del bestiame?

yr/ humanity counterfeit yr/ liberty cankered with simulation

But if the individual is to sacrifice a measure of personal liberty within the social contract, then individual rights must be guaranteed by law. Thus, it has been said that, in law, rights are the fence an individual erects around himself for protection against his neighbors. How absurd such a posture must seem from a worldview in which the individual emerges out of the society, rather than the other way around.