Liberty Quotes

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.

I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road.

There are men who strike at liberty under the term licentiousness.

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of enterprise and the love of liberty. And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.

In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked.

I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.

The right of such control is already admitted by the State Socialists, though they maintain that, as a matter of fact, the individual would be allowed a much larger liberty than he now enjoys.

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.

If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.

Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

Claiming for ourselves liberty of conscience, liberty to worship, we shall see to it that every other individual enjoys the same right.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.

Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.

We must be both more conservative and more liberal than most students of Christian worship: conservative in holding exclusively to God's commands in Scripture as our rule of worship, and liberal in defending the liberty of those who apply those.

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.

A few weeks ago we were reminded that other peoples - in particular the United States of America - fought so that we Germans could live in liberty. That we should never forget.