#lib

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#certitude #entail #evidence #faith #free

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#every time #liberate #man #time #woman

All government, of course, is against liberty. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#course #government #liberty

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#believe #enough #force #i #i believe

Most people want security in this world, not liberty. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#most #people #security #want #world

There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#equilibrium #everywhere #exists #medium #things

And in English Canada, no one really knows where the support is coming from, but Conservatives would assume that it's bleeding from the Liberals. So we have a divided left in Canada. ↗

— Rick Mercer

#bleeding #canada #coming #conservatives #divided

The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. But if you vote for them you're throwing your vote away. ↗

— Rick Mercer

#away #canada #election #god #god love

This is very interesting because the Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. ↗

— Rick Mercer

#because #canada #election #god #god love

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#himself #individual #liberty #limited #make