Top Liberty Quotes

No state, no government exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many men.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Liberty Definition

(n.) The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.

(n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.

(n.) A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.

(n.) Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.

(n.) The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.

(n.) A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.

(n.) A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.

(n.) The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.

(n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.

(n.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.

They who employ force by proxy are as much responsible for that force as though they employed it themselves.

In proportion as you give the state power to do things for you, you give it power to do things to you.

If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory.

Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers ma...

It is impossible for us to make any real advance until we take to heart this great truth, that without freedom of choice, without freedom of action, there are not such things as true moral qualities;...

The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.

Nothing is right or wrong. It's all an interpretation of which lens we are looking through.

Sadly enough, individual liberty remains the ideal of revolutionary thinkers even in the 21st Century.

A girl who travels has relationships that are based not on security, but on sincerity

His kisses tapped into deep mines of memory, and the years that had separated us fell away as if they were nothing.

The more laws and restrictions there are,The poorer people become....The more rules and regulations,The more thieves and robbers.

No rules for the rulers is tyranny for the subjects. Freedom for politicians is enslavement for citizens.

The paralysis of potential is essential to the manufacturing of victims.

Just as war is the natural consequence of monopoly, peace is the natural consequence of liberty.

By portraying war as an opportunity for virtuous acts, the politicians romanticize evil.

There is not the slightest analogy between playing games and the conduct of business within a market society. The card player wins money by outsmarting his antagonist. The businessman makes money by s...

Our legal system does not grant adults a right to liberty, because they already possess that right; it only revokes the right to liberty (for certain offenses) or restores it (if the deprivation did n...

Funny, I don't particularly care for either "laws" or "order". Liberty is messy. Freedom yields imperfect results.