Quotes by Liberty The taste which men have for liberty and that which they feel for equality are, in fact, two different things...among democratic nations they are two unequal things. Alexis de Tocqueville liberty men two [Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom. Alexis de Tocqueville duration liberty law Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits. Alfred de Musset liberty real ideas [L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . . Algernon Sidney virtue liberty people [I]f vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established. Algernon Sidney arbitrary liberty vices Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty. Algernon Sidney liberty law justice All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing is too good to be true. Alice Hegan Rice liberty belief justice Life, liberty, and the pursuit of property were just what Aristotle did not talk about. They are the conditions of happiness; but the essence of happiness, according to Aristotle, is virtue. So the moderns decided to deal with the conditions and to let happiness take care of itself. Allan Bloom liberty care essence Freedom of the mind requires not only, or not even especially the absence of legal constraints but the presence of alternative thoughts. Allan Bloom alternatives liberty mind Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin. Bankruptcies and losses concentrate the mind on prudent behavior. Allan H. Meltzer liberty mind loss God leaves to our conscience the choice of the road we decide to follow, and the liberty of yielding to one or another of the opposing influences that act upon us. Allan Kardec influence liberty choices The message for the American youth is that this is a great country and we need to make sure that we pass on a heritage, a lineage and a legacy of American exceptionalism to each and everyone of you so that you can enjoy all the great liberties and freedoms that all the previous generations have had. Allen West legacy liberty country The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life. Amartya Sen liberty reason loss You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest. Ambrose Bierce libertarian liberty political Liberty is one of the imagination's most precious possessions. Ambrose Bierce precious-possessions liberty imagination The place whereon the priest formerly raveled out the small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used, except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a male and a female fool. Ambrose Bierce sacrifice atheism liberty To the American people I bid a fond farewell. Guard your liberties. It is the trust of each generation to pass a free republic to the next. And if I know you right, you will rouse yourself from slumber to ensure exactly that. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard liberty farewell people If the charter of your liberties entails death and despair for untold multitudes, then it is nothing but a license for slaughter. Amitav Ghosh slaughter despair liberty Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty. Amos Bronson Alcott liberty soul evil There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself. Andre Breton atheism liberty danger «23456789101112»