Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2025-09-09 Sep 9, 2025Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society and made by the legislative power vested in it and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.~ John LockeThis, then, is freedom in the external life of man -- that he is independent of the arbitrary power of his fellows.~ Ludwig von MisesIt must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.~ Richard Henry Lee Sep 8, 2025All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing the obtaining of happiness and safety.~ George MasonHe alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.~ Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIndividuality is freedom lived.~ John Dos Passos Sep 5, 2025Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.~ Lucius Annaeus SenecaPatterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.~ Lawana BlackwellHe that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.~ Samuel Butler Sep 4, 2025It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.~ Mark TwainThen liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.~ William CowperMake men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.~ William Godwin Sep 3, 2025The ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain, by fear, nor to exact obedience, but contrariwise, to free every man from fear, that he may live in all possible security; in other words, to strengthen his natural right to exist and work without injury to himself or others. No, the object of government is not to change men from rational beings into beasts or puppets, but to enable them to develope their minds and bodies in security, and to employ their reason unshackled; neither showing hatred, anger, or deceit, nor watched with the eyes of jealousy and injustice. In fact, the true aim of government is liberty.~ Baruch SpinozaNone can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.~ John MiltonO liberty, Parent of happiness, celestial born When the first man became a living soul; His sacred genius thou.~ Sir Edward Dyer Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print