Quotes about Liberty

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.

Liberty, in so far as it is of any value, always means self-control in both the senses of that term: in the sense that we are only controlled by ourselves, and also in the sense that by ourselves we are controlled, and that every part of our nature is subservient to the purpose to which our whole nature is given.

The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest— Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast.

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

No man is free until he s a master of himself!!

Human rights are being violated on every continent. More people are oppressed than free.

She is free not by disobeying the rules but by obeying them.

America is the only nation in the world based on an idea - freedom and self-government - so if we don't understand that idea and what sacrifices were made to win that freedom and keep it for over two centuries, how can we possibly continue to keep it?