#libert

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them then he is always stirring up some wary or other in order that the people may require a leader. ↗

— Plato

#history #liberty #politics #freedom

No Statue of Liberty ever greeted our arrival in this country...we did not, in fact, come to the United States at all. The United States came to us. ↗

— Luis Valdez

#freedom #history #liberty #native-american #society

Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#democracy #fearless #freedom #liberty #freedom

Every election is determined by the people who show up. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#democracy-fascism #democracy-freedom #democracy-voting #democrats #elections

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it. ↗

— Voltairine de Cleyre

#give #i #liberty #men #never

We are seeing a great awakening. A national movement of We the People, brought together by what unites us - a shared love of liberty, and an understanding of the unlimited potential of free men and free women. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#brought #free #free men #great #liberty

I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody: Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians - I'll work with Martians if - and the if is critical - they're willing to cut spending and reduce the debt. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#anybody #compromise #critical #cut #debt

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance. ↗

— John Philpot Curran

#eternal #eternal vigilance #given #god #god hath

I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it. ↗

— John Thune

#blood #cloth #defending #died #flag

We must be both more conservative and more liberal than most students of Christian worship: conservative in holding exclusively to God's commands in Scripture as our rule of worship, and liberal in defending the liberty of those who apply those. ↗

— John Frame

#both #christian #commands #conservative #defending