Quotes about liberty
The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom and defended it as they ought.
Samuel Adams
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson
Let 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 success of liberty.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise, or even right. These are good reasons for remonstrating with him, or reasoning with him, or persuading him, or entreating him, but not for compelling him, or visiting him with any evil, in case he do otherwise.
John Stuart Mill
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Daniel Webster
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
George Bernard Shaw
What Americans need to realize is that it is impossible to increase government power without decreasing individual liberty. Government power, after all, means coercing people into doing some things and into refraining from doing other things. Every law says to the citizen, "You must" or "You shall not." Thus, liberty is lost incrementally, law by law by law.
Charley Reese
The problem with freedom is that it is a two-sided coin. On one side is the liberty to make decisions; on the other is responsibility.
Charley Reese
Government is necessary, but the only rights we can delegate to government are the ones we possess. For example, we all have a natural right to defend ourselves against predators. Since we possess that right, we can delegate authority to government to defend us. By contrast, we don't have a natural right to take the property of one person to give to another; therefore, we cannot legitimately delegate such authority to government.
Walter E. Williams
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
Adlai Stevenson
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