#liberty

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance. ↗

— John Philpot Curran

#eternal #eternal vigilance #given #god #god hath

There were those who loved liberty, who cried out to live their own lives, to strive, to rise above, to achieve, and those bent on the mindless equality of stagnation brought about through the enforcement of an artificial, arbitrary, gray uniformity--those who wanted to transcend through their own effort, and those who wanted others to think for them and were willing to pay the ultimate price. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#freedom #individuality #liberty #society #uniformity

Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril. ↗

— William Lloyd Garrison

#enslave #human #human being #liberties #liberty

The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted. ↗

— Ira Glasser

#cannot #ceremony #choosing #forced #liberty

The Union - It is dear to us, but liberty is dearer. ↗

— Duff Green

#dearer #liberty #union #us

Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all, and human rights, by definition, include the rights of all humans, those in the dawn of life, the dusk of life, or the shadows of life. ↗

— Kay Granger

#definition #dusk #entitled #few #granted

Ultimately, I'm about liberty and I think you have to defend it. ↗

— David Hockney

#defend #i #i think #liberty #think

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#fears #government #liberty #people #tyranny

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#american #american dream #came #concrete #dream

If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, - Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty. ↗

— Richard Lovelace

#alone #am #angels #enjoy #free