Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2010-02-14 Feb 12, 2010Where liberty dwells, there is my country.~ Benjamin FranklinLiberty is one of the choicest gifts that heaven hath bestowed upon man, and exceeds in value all the treasures which the earth contains within its bosom, or the sea covers. Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.~ CervantesLiberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.~ Charles Caleb Colton Feb 11, 2010But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.~ Edmund BurkeIf you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone or brass, it will beat them down.~ John CottonLet every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.~ John F. Kennedy Feb 10, 2010Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.~ Henry Cabot LodgeLiberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored in law.~ Henry Campbell BlackNot 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 Feb 9, 2010One realizes that one of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.~ Eric HofferFor every problem there is one solution which is simple, neat, and wrong.~ H. L. MenckenFame is proof that the people are gullible.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Feb 8, 2010No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand [television].~ Fred W. FriendlyUnder the Equal Protection clause, not to mention the First Amendment itself, government may not grant the use of a forum to people whose views it finds acceptable, but deny use to those wishing to express less favored or more controversial views.~ Supreme Court Of The United StatesIf a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all.~ Vaclav Havel Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print