Quotes About Liberty

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts; he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

They who marry for wealth sell their own liberty

To enter in these bonds, is to be free; Then where my hand is set, my seal shall be. Full

You are not letting me go anywhere. Where I go and what I do is still my choice to make.

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.

Of women I do not wish them to have power over men but over themselves.

There is, in fact, an incredible freedom in having nothing left to lose.

When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep.

A rebel! How glorious the name sounds when applied to a woman. Oh, rebellious woman, to you the world looks in hope. Upon you has fallen the glorious task of bringing liberty to the earth and all the inhabitants thereof.

La naturaleza hizo libres a los humanos sin reparar en el color de la piel.

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.

If technology has finally caught up with individual liberty, why would anyone who loves freedom want to rethink that?

Words, just sometimes, can set you free.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.' He looked perplexed. 'Where did that come from? Is that a quote?' 'Yeah. Henry David Thoreau. You know, my fave philosopher.

Bütün güzellikler vahÅŸi ve özgürdür.

Because, within the structure of the rules, you need to be free.

Hadn't Jefferson written, "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God?" Hadn't he also written, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants?

In the words of Ben Franklin, let me remind you that 'they that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper wrote after his testimony. "He is opposed to all forces that seek to curb or destroy individual liberty. 'Our highest aim,' said he, 'should be the cultivation of freedom of the individual, for therein lies the highest dignity of man. Tyranny is tyranny, and whether it comes from right, left, or center, it's evil.'"24

I think that we have to keep in mind that the purpose of the Bill of Rights was to forever put our right to control our own destiny beyond the reach of majority rule,

One cannot be an American patriot without reverence for the nation's enabling documents. One cannot be an American conservative without regard for the American tradition of liberty those charters inaugurated.