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• The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been imposed upon him externally by any foreign will whatsoever, human or divine, collective or individual.

  Mikhail Bakunin

  Tags in Liberty, Divine, Obeys

• I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.

  Mikhail Bakunin

  Tags in Liberty, Equally, Limiting

• The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

  Gautama Buddha

  Topics in Fear

  Tags in Liberty, Existence, Help, Freedom, Men

• I have a wonderful make-up crew. They’re the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.

  Bob Hope

  Topics in Funny

  Tags in Liberty, Statue, Comedian, Make-Up

• Things aren’t right. If a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot him, he can sue you. For what, restraint of trade?

  Bill Maher

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Liberty, Negotiation, Restraint, Burglar, Home, Freedom

• Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like.

  Bertrand Russell

  Tags in Liberty, License

• Where liberty is, there is my country.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Liberty

• Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Liberty, Quitting, Freedom

• The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer… form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.

  Andrew Jackson

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Liberty, Political, United, American, Laws

• 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

  Tags in Liberty, Political, Union, Fervently, Shudder

• The truth is that men are tired of liberty.

  Benito Mussolini

  Topics in Truth

  Tags in Liberty

• As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.

  Andrew Jackson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Government, Liberty, Rights, Press, People

• Liberty: One of Imagination’s most precious possessions.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Liberty, Freedom, Imagination

• 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

  Topics in America, Religion

  Tags in Liberty, Christianity, American

• Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Morality, Liberty, Faith

• There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Topics in Nature

  Tags in Liberty, Heroism, Political, Enthusiasm, Bravery

• 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.

  Barack Obama

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Liberty

• I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

  John Randolph

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Equality, Liberty, Aristocrat

• Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

  Frances Wright

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Equality, Liberty

• Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society

  Henry St. John

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Liberty, Without, Pleasure