#liberty

Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

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But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the sacred rights of nature have received their most awful ratification. ↗

— Thomas Day

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There can be no liberty without the law. ↗

— Cecil B. DeMille

#liberty #without

Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life, liberty and freedom. ↗

— Jim DeMint

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: 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. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Joichi Ito

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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

Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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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

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