Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [961-980] of 1279 Liberty quotesLiberty QuotesLiberty Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.~ Pledge of Allegiance The first destroyer of the liberties of a people is he who first gave them bounties and largess.~ Plutarch The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.~ Plutarch Give me again my hollow tree A crust of bread, and liberty!~ Alexander Pope We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.~ Sir Karl Popper The American notion of freedom transcended the political realm and in fact extended to every major category of human relationships, including those between employer and employee, clergyman and layman, husband and wife, parent and child, public official and citizen. Americans believed that, as of July 4, 1776, all men were created equal, and that any impairment of a man’s equality was destructive of his liberty also.~ David M. Potter Liberty is not a right but a duty.~ Ezra Pound I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.~ John Enoch Powell No one is free who is not master of himself.~ Pythagoras I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy. But that will change.~ Dan Quayle There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.~ Ayn Rand It is futile to fight against, if one does not know what one is fighting for.~ Ayn Rand There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system.~ Ayn Rand The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.~ Ayn Rand Anyone who confuses liberty lovers with nazis or other fascists is waaaayy too stupid (or evil) to deserve respect.~ Bert Rand Any person or any so-called 'political spectrum' that equates live-and-let-livers with control freaks is even more evil than the worst control freaks themselves.~ Bert Rand The general object was to produce a cure for the evils under which the United States labored; that in tracing these evils to their origins, every man had found it in the turbulence and follies of democracy.~ Edmund Randolph We have plenty of freedom in this country but not a great deal of independence.~ John W. Raper It is incorrect to think of liberty as synonymous with unrestrained action. Liberty does not and cannot include any action, regardless of sponsorship, which lessens the liberty of a single human being. To argue contrarily is to claim that liberty can be composed of liberty negations, patently absurd. Unrestraint carried to the point of impairing the liberty of others is the exercise of license, not liberty. To minimize the exercise of license is to maximize the area of liberty. Ideally, government would restrain license, not indulge in it; make it difficult, not easy; disgraceful, not popular. A government that does otherwise is licentious, not liberal.~ Leonard E. Read An informed patriotism is what we want.~ Ronald Reagan Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print