Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [201-220] of 1279 Liberty quotesLiberty QuotesLiberty Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes The dearest ambition of a slave is not liberty, but to have a slave of his own.~ Sir Richard Francis Burton Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American.~ George Herbert Walker Bush The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not productive of a good life.~ Bishop Joseph Butler He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.~ Samuel Butler I wish men to be free, as much from mobs as kings,—from you as me.~ Lord Byron Who would be free themselves must strike the blow.~ Lord Byron The wish, which ages have not yet subdued In man, to have no master save his mood.~ Lord Byron I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.~ John Cage A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various powerful interests, combined in one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in banks.~ John C. Calhoun Today the grand jury is the total captive of the prosecutor who, if he is candid, will concede that he can indict anybody, at any time, for almost anything, before any grand jury.~ William J. Campbell Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each and the union of all.~ Albert Camus Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty.~ Albert Camus Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that is celebrated with champagne...Oh no! It's a...long distance race, quite solitary and very exhausting.~ Albert Camus Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.~ Albert Camus Absolute justice is achieved by the suppression of all contradiction, therefore it destroys freedom.~ Albert Camus Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.~ Orson Scott Card The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion of small encroachments, the scorn and derision of those who have no patience with general principles.~ Justice Benjamin Cardozo We, Negro Americans, sing with all loyal Americans: My country 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, Land of the Pilgrims' pride From every mountainside Let freedom ring! That's exactly what we mean -- from every mountain side, let freedom ring. Not only from the Green Mountains and White Mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire; not only from the Catskills of New York; but from the Ozarks in Arkansas, from the Stone Mountain in Georgia, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia -- let it ring not only for the minorities of the United States, but for the disinherited of all the earth -- may the Republican Party, under God, from every mountainside, LET FREEDOM RING!~ Rev. Archibald Carey, Jr. Free discussion is the only necessary Constitution -- the only necessary Law of the Constitution.~ Richard Carlile Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.~ Charles Carroll Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print