Quotes about Liberty

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

He [Calvin Coolidge] is the first president to discover that what the American people want is to be left alone.

Freedom comes with the decision: it does not wait for the act.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. (1778 - 1830)

Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.

The genius of the United States of America is Christian in the broadest sense, and its destiny is to remain Christian. This carries no sectarian meaning with it, but relates to a basic principle which differs from other principles in that it provides for liberty with morality, and pledges society to a code of relations based on fundamental Christian conceptions of human rights and duties.

A man escaped from his cell is not free who still drags his chain.)

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.

It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.

The Independence and Liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings and successes.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.