#liberty

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. ↗

— John Adams

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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

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The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

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NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty. ↗

— Michael Badnarik

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Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. ↗

— Frederic Bastiat

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The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

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I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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