Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [581-600] of 1284 Liberty quotesLiberty QuotesLiberty Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes 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 Morality is always the product of terror; its chains and strait-waistcoats are fashioned by those who dare not trust others, because they dare not trust themselves, to walk in liberty.~ Aldous Huxley I believe the State exists for the development of individual lives, not individuals for the development of the state.~ Julian Huxley The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom -- they are the pillars of society.~ Henrik Ibsen One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, ‘I have it,' merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it.~ Henrik Ibsen You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and liberty.~ Henrik Ibsen By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think and the right to think wrong.~ Robert G. Ingersoll I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.~ Robert G. Ingersoll What light is to the eyes – what air is to the lungs – what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man. Without liberty, the brain is a dungeon, where the chained thoughts die with their pinions pressed against the hingeless doors.~ Robert G. Ingersoll Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind, and without it, the world is a prison, the universe is a dungeon.~ Robert G. Ingersoll There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence.~ Robert G. Ingersoll There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation of free women -- of free mothers.~ Robert G. Ingersoll The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners.~ Isaiah This world is the prison of the believers and the paradise of the unbelievers.~ Islamic Proverb It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.~ Molly Ivins But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.~ Andrew Jackson America is not like a blanket - one piece of unbroken cloth. America is more like a quilt - many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven together by a common thread.~ Rev. Jesse Jackson Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print