Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2010-02-16 Feb 16, 2010America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty -- the only one. People went to America to be free.~ Margaret ThatcherMany politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.~ Thomas Babington MacaulayNo, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.~ William Cowper Feb 15, 2010Void of freedom, what would virtue be?~ Alphonse de LamartineReason and virtue alone can bestow liberty.~ Anthony Ashley-CooperDo not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind, and a step that travels unlimited roads.~ Ayn Rand 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print