On Liberty Quotes

When there is liberty, you expect a higher degree of freedom and not human rights abuse.

The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy.

Only tyranny fears the full expression of liberty.

Take from a man his freedom or his goods and you may have taken his innocence, almost his humanity, as well.

Fear has become normal and is covered by the idea of “patriotism”.

Patriotism, currently, is nothing but the deadly evolution of narrow minded politics which has distorted language.

I am for the largest liberty for the poor man -- for the oppressed.

When man lost touch with his humanity he had no reason to walk along the higher path.

We have created our own fake world in order to satisfy our imagination through the illusion.

We lost our country somewhere along the way. We know where we lost it but we do not appear to have the strength to eliminate those blocking our view to enable us to develop our common identity.

Mr. President, it is time for you to give me back my country. You can either continue to make fools of the people who elected a tyrant like you or let the country rise phoenix-like from the ashes.

The man on the top of the hierarchy has created social fear in order for us to accept him as the leader.

The tyrant has power to play as long as he is the master in his surroundings.

We are always in a constant state of conspiracies, at least thats what they keep telling us...

Liberty is the act of making the Government Fear what you KNOW!

The greater good has been defined as "the ends justify the means." The common good says that "liberty resides in the means.

Liberty does not mean doing as you like, it means liking as you ought, and doing that.(From Slave)

Life, liberty and the pursuit of gratitude, now that would’ve worked. They would have been readily led to contentment, which would’ve then better lead them on to happiness.

My freedom to say 'No' directly underscores your freedom to say 'Yes'. RESPECT my freedom to PROTECT your freedom.

The great greatest gift you can give him is the freedom to spread his wings.

The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellowmen.

Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.

What light is to the eyes – what air is to the lungs – what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

So if you were dating the UPS guy, he could buy you whatever the hell he wanted. But I cant."well...yes, but I'd never date the UPS guy. Those brown shorts are just not a turn-on for me.

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.

So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice...

All utopias are dystopias. The term "dystopia" was coined by fools that believed a "utopia" can be functional.

For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

I looked down at the brochure nearest me."We're going to Nigeria, " I threatened. "I hope you like elephant polo." -Liberty Jones

I think you could probably thaw out a glacier, honey." -Hardy Cates

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of those who threaten it.

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

Liberty will not descend to a people. A people must raisethemselves to liberty. It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

I was not heroic enough to purchase liberty at the price of caste.

Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power.

If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced sil

I am sorry for those who have never had the experience of seeing the victory of a national liberation movement, and I feel cold contempt for those who jeer at it.

No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

State can become threat to individual life, cause of individual liberty.

The only freedom that deserves a name is that of pursuing our on good, in our own way, so long as we do not deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it ...

People, imperfect and corruptible are society's building blocks. Political theories evading this reality are a catastrophe in waiting.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century

...a broken nation, under siege, divisible, without liberty and injustice for a lot...

The vitriol and viciousness is the inevitable result of a government increasingly deciding the vital aspects of people's lives.

Liberty to the honest man is license to the criminal.

If liberty is abused, get ready for an awkward result

An oligarchy does not require a good and moral citizenry but a Constitutional Republic does. If we lose our moral compass, we lose our country.

Democracy is the antithesis of liberty. The foundation and cornerstone of liberty is private property and majority rule is thus logically incompatible with this.

Will there be people who will have the conscience to contribute to the country by changing themselves first? That is the need of the moment.

Patriotism is the product of successful systematic indoctrination.