Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [561-580] of 1279 Liberty quotesLiberty QuotesLiberty Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes The doctrine that man is infinitely tough and resourceful and not easily cheated of his freedom to sin.~ George C. Homans To silence criticism is to silence freedom.~ Sidney Hook Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.~ Herbert Hoover I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.~ J. Edgar Hoover Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.~ Horace “Painters and poets,” you say, “have always had an equal license in bold invention.” We know; we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others.~ Horace Of course, the proponents of political tyranny are usually well-motivated. Those who enacted the gun-registration law in California point to criminals who have used semiautomatic weapons to commit horrible, murderous acts. But the illusion -- the pipe dream -- is that bad acts can be prevented by the deprivation of liberty. They cannot be! Life is always insecure. The only choice is between liberty and insecurity, on the one hand, and insecurity and enslavement on the other. The true patriot scrutinizes the actions of his own government with unceasing vigilance. And when his government violates the morality and rightness associated with principles of individual freedom and private property, he immediately rises in opposition to his government. This is why the gun owners of California might ultimately go down in history as among the greatest and most courageous patriots of our time.~ Jacob G. Hornberger The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also.~ Elbert Hubbard There is no freedom on earth or in any star for those who deny freedom to others.~ Elbert Hubbard Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember, as has well been said, 'the essential characteristic of true liberty is that under its shelter many different types of life and character and opinion and belief can develop unmolested and unobstructed.'~ Justice Charles Evans Hughes It is the essence of the institutions of liberty that it be recognized that guilt is personal and cannot be attributed to the holding of opinions or to mere intent in the absence of overt acts.~ Justice Charles Evans Hughes When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.~ Justice Charles Evans Hughes Liberation is not deliverance.~ Victor Hugo It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.~ David Hume The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.~ Hubert H. Humphrey There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.~ Hubert H. Humphrey Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, and one more safeguard against tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.~ Hubert H. Humphrey The ugliness of bigotry stands in direct contradiction to the very meaning of America.~ Hubert H. Humphrey Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.~ Hubert H. Humphrey Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.~ Aldous Huxley Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print