#libert

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

In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#even #liberty #organization #over #peace

In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#every #every man #his #instinctive #liberty

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#authority #balance #between #central #central authority

Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh? None. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#good #huh #i #liberty #life

Liberty means more to me than life itself. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#liberty #life #me #means #more

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. ↗

— Ellen Key

#duty #fidelity #itself #liberty #observation

In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their legal systems they developed the doctrine that liberty is the fundamental basis of law. ↗

— Aly Khan

#basic #basis #built #centuries #developed

We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#depends #did #founders #government #happiness

Today, we stand as a united country and are much closer to the ideals set forth in our Constitution that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#certain #closer #constitution #country #created