Quotes by Liberty And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can have nothing to fear from the judiciary alone, but would have everything to fear from its union with either of the other departments. Alexander Hamilton executive-power unions liberty How can you trust people who are poor and own no property? ... Inequality of property will exist as long as liberty exists. Alexander Hamilton liberty long people The institution of delegated power implies that there is a portion of virtue and honor among mankind which may be a reasonable foundation of confidence. Alexander Hamilton foundation liberty honor The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which owe their origin to a zeal for liberty more ardent than enlightened. Alexander Hamilton liberty mean ideas Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. Alexander Hamilton sanctions liberty natural It will be forgotten, on the one hand, that jealousy is the usual concomitant of violent love, and that the noble enthusiasm of liberty is too apt to be infected with a spirit of narrow and illiberal distrust. On the other hand, it will be equally forgotten, that the vigour of government is essential to the security of liberty. Alexander Hamilton liberty government hands [T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter . . . Alexander Hamilton liberty justice people Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution. Alexander Hamilton execution liberty community The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop. Alexander Herzen libertarian liberty people Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all legal professions of history have based their job security. Alexander Herzen liberty law jobs Give me again my hollow tree A crust of bread, and liberty! Alexander Pope liberty tree giving Liberty is life; slavery is death. Alexandre Vinet slavery liberty I have only one passion, the love of liberty and human dignity. Alexis de Tocqueville dignity passion liberty The man who asks of freedom anything other than itself is born to be a slave. Alexis de Tocqueville libertarian liberty men Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. Alexis de Tocqueville ethics liberty pregnancy The Americans combine the notions of religion and liberty so intimately in their minds, that it is impossible to make them conceive of one without the other. Alexis de Tocqueville liberty mind impossible Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details. Alexis de Tocqueville inquiry liberty government It profits me but little, after all, that a vigilant authority always protects the tranquility of my pleasures and constantly averts all dangers from my path, without my care or concern, if this same authority is the absolute master of my liberty and my life. Alexis de Tocqueville liberty care littles I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it. Alexis de Tocqueville liberty should-have believe Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims. Alexis de Tocqueville conflict liberty christianity «1234567891011»