Quotes by Liberty To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom. Andre Gide know-how liberty freedom Republicans don't want anyone having more fun than they do, and the Democrats don't want anyone making more money than they do. Libertarians want you to make money and have fun. Andre Marrou liberty want fun For the majority of contemporary Americans, the essence of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness centers on a relentless personal quest to acquire, to consume, to indulge, and to shed whatever constraints might interfere with those endeavors. Andrew Bacevich pursuit-of-happiness liberty essence Government . . . is a reflection of us. It is up to us to earn a better reflection. Andrew Horning liberty government reflection No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism. Andrew Jackson liberty government people In this point of the case the question is distinctly presented whether the people of the United States are to govern through representatives chosen by their unbiased suffrages or whether the money and power of a great corporation are to be secretly exerted to influence their judgment and control their decisions. Andrew Jackson liberty decision people There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God to avert, from that date I view our liberty gone. Andrew Jackson liberty views ideas Let us look forward to the time when we can take the flag of our country and nail it below the Cross, and there let it wave as it waved in the olden times, and let us gather around it and inscribed for our motto: 'Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, now and forever,' and exclaim, 'Christ first, our country next!' Andrew Johnson liberty forever country It is our sacred duty to transmit unimpaired to our posterity the blessings of liberty which were bequeathed to us by the founders of the Republic. Andrew Johnson sacred liberty blessing A traffic jam is a collision between free enterprise and socialism. Free enterprise produces automobiles faster than socialism can build roads and road capacity. Andrew Joseph Galambos libertarian liberty jam The Freedom Bell in Berlin is, like the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, a symbol which reminds us that freedom does not come about of itself. It must be struggled for and then defended anew every day of our lives. Angela Merkel bells philadelphia liberty Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals. Ann Coulter liberty hippie talking Moderation in the defense of liberty is no virtue. Ann Coulter virtue defense liberty You gain and lose different things in different mediums or different sectors of different mediums. There are liberties you get on tiny indie films in terms of not having to be designed toward a marketing demographic. Anna Paquin marketing liberty different In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity. Anne Baxter unity liberty latin All Politeness is owing to Liberty. We polish one another, and rub off our Corners and rough Sides by a sort of amicable Collision. To restrain this, is inevitably to bring a Rust upon Mens Understandings. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury rust liberty understanding Wit is its own remedy. Liberty and commerce bring it to its true standard. The only danger is the laying an embargo. The same thing happens here as in the case of trade: impositions and restrictions reduce it to a low ebb; nothing is so advantageous to it as a free port. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury restriction liberty danger Self-imposed limits on sovereign power can disarm mistrust, but provide no guarantee of liberty and property beyond those afforded by the balance between state and private force. Anthony de Jasay balance liberty self When a juvenile offender commits a heinous crime, the State can exact forfeiture of some of the most basic liberties, but the State cannot extinguish his life and his potential to attain a mature understanding of his own humanity. Anthony Kennedy liberty understanding humanity A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless. Antonin Scalia liberty rights mean «345678910111213»