#liberty

A limited state with free economic systems is the soil where the liberty tree blossoms. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#freedom #libertarianism #liberty #freedom

I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#atheist #freedom #legislation #liberty #politics

All liberty required was that the space for discourse itself be protected. Liberty lay in the argument itself, not the resolution of that argument, in the ability to quarrel, even with the most cherished beliefs of others; a free society was not placid but turbulent. The bazaar of conflicting was the place where freedom rang. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#liberty #freedom

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#demands #fate #gifts #heavy #itself

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. ↗

— Lord Acton

#higher #highest #itself #liberty #means

Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open. ↗

— Clive Bell

#convince #effective #fundamental #good #liberty

We have witnessed the most educated, successful, and monied professionals in the country put their companies - not to mention their own liberty - at risk by engaging in flagrant and foolhardy illegal conduct. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#conduct #country #educated #engaging #flagrant

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty. ↗

— Nadia Boulanger

#great #great work #liberty #made #obedience

Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free. ↗

— Harry Browne

#become #bigger #children #either #family

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#his #honor #insupportable #liberty #life