Quotes About Liberty

Every church, yea, every truth and every good cause, has its martyrs, who stood the fiery trial and sacrificed comfort and life itself to their sacred convictions. The blood of martyrs is the seed of toleration; toleration is the seed of liberty; and liberty is the most precious gift of God to every man who has been made in his image and redeemed by Christ.

If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.

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

C'est dans l'histoire que réside le principe de la liberté à l'égard de l'histoire.

In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should point out to us the paths of liberty. The great lesson to draw from revolutions is not that they devour humanity but rather that tyranny never fails to generate them.

Our two nations share the important values of democracy and freedom and liberty. My visit to the United States has indeed reinforced this mutual conviction and determination to ensure that our two peoples cherish these values.

There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty.

It is my understanding that some groups who are opposed to visiting our campus are basing their decision on Liberty's concealed carry policy.

Britain and Churchill fought not solely in the name of liberty and democracy, but also with the intention of maintaining the empire, defending vital interests and remaining a great power.

I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual.

Through your individual leadership, millions of gun owners across the nation made their voices heard sending an unmistakable message: stop President Barack Obama's destruction of our liberty and restore our Constitution.

Utopia is a framework for utopias, a place where people are at liberty to join together voluntarily to pursue and attempt to realize their own vision of the good life in the ideal community but where no one can impose his own utopian vision upon others.

When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.

Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity, the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual should have an equal vote, an equal say, in the formation of their government.

I will always vote on the side of freedom and our right to keep and bear arms.

Italy is a free country. Its voters decide freely.

I believe that in America, freedom and individual liberty will, in the end, always triumph over class division and collectivism with voters of all stripes.

The question is whether voters, particularly independents, believe that Obama truly values personal liberty and responsibility as much as the government-bought safety net.

I enjoyed sex and indulged in it when I fancied the men.

When I was a kid, I didn't know what childhood or freedom was. I badly wanted to feel and taste freedom. Even right now if I have to choose between money and freedom, I would choose freedom.

You simply cannot continue a nation as America without that Christian base of liberty.

We Americans... bear the ark of liberties of the world.

I want people to have the right to bear arms.

Freedom is a powerful and beautiful thing.