Quotes by Liberty In the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many. A. J. Muste civil-liberties defense liberty The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects are gradual and indirect and lay out of sight ... Hence the majority of mankind must almost of necessity look with undue favor upon governmental intervention. A. V. Dicey liberty evil sight Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit. Abbie Hoffman liberty change hippie The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going. Abbie Hoffman liberty political hippie A people fired ... with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events. But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible. Abigail Adams liberty country people We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent. Abraham Flexner empathy liberty play ... we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means of preservation.... On the other hand ... by virtue of our natural impulse, we must ever watch against the danger which lurks for our personal liberty in the power of the state. Abraham Kuyper liberty mean hands Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. Abraham Lincoln bosoms frowning liberty Cling to liberty and right; battle fro them; leed for them; die for them, if need be; and have confidence in God. Abraham Lincoln liberty battle needs Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy. Abraham Lincoln gratitude enjoy liberty If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution. Abraham Lincoln liberty views numbers You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. Abraham Lincoln libertarian-party liberty politics Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but, if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert, but that I never deserted her. Abraham Lincoln desert liberty country It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union and liberty, for yourselves, and not for me. I desire they shall be constitutionally preserved. Abraham Lincoln unions liberty desire The world has never had a good definition Abraham Lincoln civil-war liberty world No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy. Abraham Lincoln liberty essence ideas Let all Americans - let all lovers of liberty everywhere - join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union; but we shall have so saved it, as to make, and to keep it, forever worthy of the saving. Abraham Lincoln unions liberty forever What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? Abraham Lincoln civic-minded independence liberty The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats. Abraham Lincoln civil-rights liberty causes If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and institutions. Abraham Lincoln liberty hands people 1234567891011»
