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T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile.
Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.
Popular suffrage is in itself no guarantee of freedom. People can vote themselves into slavery.
When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much.
Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution.
Just as war is the natural consequence of monopoly, peace is the natural consequence of liberty.
I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
Free discussion is the only necessary Constitution - the only necessary Law of the Constitution.
People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.
While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.
What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?
If we have learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we cannot Federalize Virtue.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
People will continue to seek justice until it is found, or until liberty is lost in the pursuit.
A [tax loophole is] something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.
In our early struggles for liberty, religious freedom could not fail to become a primary object.
I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I've got a right to, death or liberty."
The torch of liberty is hot; warms those who hold it high; burns those who try to extinguish it.
Religious liberty must be protected in this country. It's a principle upon which we were founded.
The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals.
Deep in the frozen regions of the north, A goddess violated brought thee forth, Immortal Liberty!
Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.
Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.
Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty.
It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook.
Spain and the United States share the same values of democracy, liberty and fundamental freedoms.
I am for . . . each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.
Extremism in defense of Liberty is no vice and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
For the majority of people liberty means only the system and the administrators they are used to.
There is no kind of freedom and liberty other than the kind which the market economy brings about.
If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone or brass, it will beat them down.
The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.
Our country does not guarantee you success--but liberty guarantees you the opportunity to succeed.
NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.
America stands for freedom, liberty and justice for all. And it's not happening for all right now.
When you're in this type of conflict, when you're at war, civil liberties are treated differently.
When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters.
Facts, like people, want to be free - and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.
Is there anything more dangerous to the cause of liberty than a politician fixated on re-election?
The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.
Our evenly matched rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness require an equal paycheck.
Americans cherish our liberty and don't want government or corporations to take away our freedoms.
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.
He is only a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of the Conservative.
In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked.
The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service.