Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [41-60] of 471 Independence quotesIndependence QuotesIndependence Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges’ views of fairness, reasonableness, or justice.~ Justice Hugo L. Black Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.~ Justice Hugo L. Black That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.~ Sir William Blackstone A free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.~ Leon Blum You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.~ William Boetcker Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense -- the sheerest mockery. If the press is not free; if speech is not independent and untrammeled; if the mind is shackled or made impotent through fear, it makes no difference under what form of government you live, you are a subject and not a citizen.~ William E. Borah The American press is extraordinarily free and vigorous, as it should be. It should be, not because it is free of inaccuracy, oversimplification and bias, but because the alternative to that freedom is worse than those failings.~ Judge Robert Bork The most important political office is that of private citizen.~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the State was to make men free to develop their faculties... They valued liberty both as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis Most of the things worth doing in the world have been declared impossible before they were done.~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis If you think we are free today, you know nothing about tyranny and even less about freedom.~ Tom Braun If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.~ Justice William J. Brennan There is no such thing as a false idea.~ Justice William J. Brennan People take different roads seeking fulfillment & happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. There exists a “fear of freedom” of selfhood, which makes people want to submerge themselves in the mass and confession is one of the obvious means by which they can do so, for thereby they lose those traits which cause them to feel separate.~ James A. C. Brown It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.~ Giordano Bruno You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.~ William Jennings Bryan I like the noise of democracy.~ James Buchanan Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.~ Buddha Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.~ Buddha Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print