Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1021-1040] of 1280 Liberty quotesLiberty QuotesLiberty Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Liberty is not a cruise ship full of pampered passengers. Liberty is a man-of-war, and we are all crew.~ Kenneth W. Royce Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.~ Dr. Benjamin Rush Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights~ Dr. Benjamin Rush One evening, when I was yet in my nurse’s arms, I wanted to touch the tea urn, which was boiling merrily... My nurse would have taken me away from the urn, but my mother said 'Let him touch it.' So I touched it -- and that was my first lesson in the meaning of liberty.~ John Ruskin Wise laws and just restraints are to a noble nation not chains, but chains of mail, -- strength and defense, though something of an incumbrance.~ John Ruskin That treacherous phantom which men call Liberty.~ John Ruskin When the state intervenes to insure the indoctrination of some doctrine, it does so because there is no conclusive evidence in favor of that doctrine.~ Bertrand Russell Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.~ Bertrand Russell It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.~ Bertrand Russell It is in the American interest to put an end to Nationhood. That is the goal in global government. America must get out of the United Nations or our sovereign Republic will not survive.~ Walt Rustow ... real anarchism, feasible and actual, as opposed to mere emotional statements, is simply the [classical] liberal economy, and everything that goes with it: political democracy, civil (and not only civic) liberty, free, unsubsidized, unplanned culture. It is only the liberal economy that can favor the "withering away of the state" and of politics – their withering away or at least their limitation; centralized socialism cannot achieve this.~ Raymond Ruye Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us -- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.~ Carl Sagan One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous. (So the old bamboozles tend to persist as the new bamboozles rise.)~ Carl Sagan True, it is evil that a single man should crush the herd, but see not there the worse form of slavery, which is when the herd crushes out the man.~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.~ Sallust Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.~ Patricia Sampson Man is condemned to be free.~ Jean-Paul Sartre Man is condemned to be free. Condemned because he did not create himself, yet is nevertheless at liberty, and from the moment he is thrown into this world he is responsible for everything he does.~ Jean-Paul Sartre Do you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common weal; then you will have true liberty.~ Girolamo Savonarola Laissez-nous faire, laissez-nous passer. Le monde va de lui meme. (Let us do, leave us alone. The world runs by itself.)~ French Saying Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print