#liberty

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#believe #enough #force #i #i believe

Most people want security in this world, not liberty. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#most #people #security #want #world

As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ↗

— Tim Murphy

#express #fight #freedom #gratitude #here

There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. It has nothing to do with government granting it. ↗

— Ron Paul

#comes #creator #freedom #government #granting

Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with the risk of death and serious injury as a price to live free, makes no sense. ↗

— Ron Paul

#cause #conceived #conscription #death #ever

The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. ↗

— Ron Paul

#bringing #economic #liberty #no-win #obligations

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

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Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. ↗

— Plato

#arises #democracy #dictatorship #extreme #form

And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever. ↗

— John Pomfret

#america #beacon #broader #control #democracy