222 quotes found
“Liberty is not an end, but a means. Whoever mistakes it for an end does not know what to do once he attains it.”
“So free we seem so fettered fast we are!”
“The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.”
“Yes 'n' how many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free? Yes. 'n' how many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn't see? The answer my friend is blowin' in th...”
“Let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe alike that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century tempered by war disciplined by a hard a...”
“None can love freedom heartily but good men - the rest love not freedom but licence.”
“For two decades the state has been taking liberties and these liberties were once ours.”
“Liberty as it is conceived by current opinion has nothing inherent about it it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behaviour.”
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must like men undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
“Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill that we shall pay any price bear any burden meet any hardship support any friend oppose any foe in order to assure the survival and the succes...”
“Send these the homeless tempest toss'd to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
“To be truly free it takes more determination courage introspection and restraint than to be in shackles.”
“All free men wherever they may live are citizens of Berlin. And therefore as a free man I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner.'”
“Once freedom lights its beacon in a man's heart the gods are powerless against him.”
“When you have robbed a man of everything he is no longer in your power. He is free again.”
“People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have for example freedom of thought instead they demand freedom of speech as a compensation.”
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
“The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.”
“Give me your tired your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these the homeless tempest tossed to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden d...”
“Give me the liberty to know to think to believe and to utter freely according to conscience above all other liberties.”
