#libert

. . . for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works. ↗

— Frederic Bastiat

#god #liberty #faith

I'm tired of being set upon by crazed Christians one minute and unbridled libertines the next. Girls, I'm going camping. ↗

— Bailey White

#family #libertines #family

At the time of his death, Biko had a wife and three children for which he left a letter that stated in one part: “I've devoted my life to see equality for blacks, and at the same time, I've denied the needs of my family. Please understand that I take these actions, not out of selfishness or arrogance, but to preserve a South Africa worth living in for blacks and whites. ↗

— Steve Biko

#family #liberty #south-africa #death

The “Warrior Ethos” emphasizes placing the mission first, not accepting defeat, and being disciplined physically and mentally. Why? Because an American Soldier is a “guardian of freedom and the American way of life. ↗

— Dan Smee

#inspirational #liberty #motivational #optimism #patriotic

There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. ↗

— Ed Howdershelt

#inspirational #liberty #freedom

To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#mankind #equality

[A] great embarrassing fact… haunts all attempts to represent the market as the highest form of human freedom: that historically, impersonal, commercial markets originate in theft. ↗

— David Graeber

#economics #libertarianism #markets #politics #freedom

Freedom isn't free. But there are some really great coupons if you know where to look. Buy one liberty, get the next one half off. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#liberty #freedom

Freedom or prison--what's the difference? A man must develop unwavering will power subject only to his reason. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#liberty #freedom

It requires but a very small glance of thought to perceive, that although laws made in one generation often continue in force through succeeding generations, yet that they continue to derive their force from the consent of the living. A law not repealed continues in force, not because it cannot be repealed, but because it is not repealed; and the non repealing passes for consent. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#freedom