Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [461-480] of 1279 Liberty quotesLiberty QuotesLiberty Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.~ Edward Gibbon You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?~ Khalil Gibran Liberty is worth whatever the best civilization is worth.~ Henry Giles Not until right is founded upon reverence will it be secure; not until duty is based upon love will it be complete; not until liberty is based on eternal principles will it be full, equal, lofty, and universal.~ Henry Giles Liberty is worth whatever the country is worth. It is by liberty that man has a country; it is by liberty he has rights.~ Henry Giles Humanity's most valuable assets have been the non-conformists. Were it not for the non-conformists, he who refuses to be satisfied to go along with the continuance of things as they are, and insists upon attempting to find new ways of bettering things, the world would have known little progress, indeed.~ Josiah William Gitt Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.~ William Godwin Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.~ Hermann Goering None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Legislators and revolutionaries who promise equality and liberty at the same time are either psychopaths or mountebanks.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The individual is the true reality of life. A cosmos in himself, he does not exist for the State, nor for that abstraction called “society,” or the “nation,” which is only a collection of individuals.~ Emma Goldman A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.~ Barry Goldwater Now those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth, and let me remind you they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyranny.~ Barry Goldwater I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.~ Barry Goldwater There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?~ Barry Goldwater Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Tolerance in the face of tyranny is no virtue.~ Barry Goldwater We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.~ Katharine Graham The whole earth is in jail and we're plotting this incredible jailbreak.~ Wavy Gravy Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print