Quotes about Liberty
No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
— Thomas Jefferson
He [Weishaupt] says, no one ever laid a surer foundation for liberty than our grand master, Jesus of Nazareth.
— Thomas Jefferson
Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes the liberty of moving and using it at his own will. This is what is called personal liberty, and is given him by the author of nature, because necessary for his own sustenance.
— Thomas Jefferson
Liberty is the parent of science and of virtue, and a nation will be great in both in proportion as it is free.
— Thomas Jefferson
The people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty, & they are not safe unless enlightened to a certain degree.
— Thomas Jefferson
If these seeds would take root in my liberty, and if His will would grow from my freedom, I would become the love that He is, and my harvest would be His glory and my own joy. And
— Thomas Merton
You pray and suffer and hang on and give things up and hope and sweat, and the varying contours of the struggle work out the shape of your liberty. When it ends, and when you have a good habit to work with, do not forget the moments of the battle when you were wounded and disarmed and helpless. Do not forget that, for all your efforts, you only won because of God, Who did the fighting in you.
— Thomas Merton
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
— Calvin Coolidge
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.... Economy is always a guarantee of peace.
— Calvin Coolidge
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
— Thomas Jefferson
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
— Richard Baxter
I believe in the universality of freedom and therefore want to be involved in the freedom movement.
— George W. Bush