#libert

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. ↗

#freedom #fuzzy #human #human rights #liberty

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#constitution #country #established #everyone #extend

How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine and Benjamin Franklin had walked. ↗

— Burl Ives

#benjamin #benjamin franklin #franklin #had #how

Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#affects #civil #civil liberties #dismantled #foreigners

George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#assault #away #bush #civil #civil liberties

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice. ↗

— Lin Yutang

#lawyers #liberty #many #peace #policemen

I'm a hardcore libertarian - I want everything legal - but I also believe that you have the right to free association. ↗

— Penn Jillette

#association #believe #everything #free #hardcore

The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it. ↗

— Gary Johnson

#excitement #liberty #movement #now #piece

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty. ↗

— John Ruskin

#honorable #liberty #person #restraint #their

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue. ↗