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[P]erfect freedom consists in obeying the dictates of right reason, and submitting to natural law. When a man goes beyond or contrary to the law of nature and reason, he ... introduces confusion and disorder into society ... [thus] where licentiousness begins, liberty ends. ~ Samuel West
American Liberty quotes by Samuel West
Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith. ~ Alexis De Tocqueville
American Liberty quotes by Alexis De Tocqueville
The widespread distribution of private property ownership is the cornerstone of American liberty. Without it neither our free enterprise system nor our republican form of government could long endure ... The next Republican Administration will ... not only protect the cherished human right of property ownership, but will also work to help millions of Americans - particularly those from disadvantaged groups - to share in the ownership of the wealth of their nation. ~ Jeffrey H Reiman
American Liberty quotes by Jeffrey H Reiman
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty ... What country before ever existed a century and half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. ~ Thomas Jefferson
American Liberty quotes by Thomas Jefferson
Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen. Perhaps I might say right here that this is a national loss and a deplorable lack of understanding concerning the man who first proposed and first wrote those impressive words, 'the United States of America.'

But it is hardly strange.

Paine's teachings have been debarred from schools everywhere and his views of life misrepresented until his memory is hidden in shadows, or he is looked upon as of unsound mind.

We never had a sounder intelligence in this Republic. He was the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible. Where Washington performed Paine devised and wrote. The deeds of one in the Weld were matched by the deeds of the other with his pen.

Washington himself appreciated Paine at his true worth. Franklin knew him for a great patriot and clear thinker. He was a friend and confidant of Jefferson, and the two must often have debated the academic and practical phases of liberty.

I consider Paine our greatest political thinker. As we have not advanced, and perhaps never shall advance, beyond the Declaration and Constitution, so Paine has had no successors who extended his principles. Although the present generation knows little of Paine's writings, and although he has almost no influence upon contemporary thought, Americans of the future will justly appraise his work. I am certain of ~ Thomas A. Edison
American Liberty quotes by Thomas A. Edison
Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American. ~ George H. W. Bush
American Liberty quotes by George H. W. Bush
The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur. ~ James Bovard
American Liberty quotes by James Bovard
Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul. ~ John Adams
American Liberty quotes by John Adams
The most important fact about American liberty is that it has never been a single idea, but a set of different and even contrary traditions in creative tension with one another. This diversity of libertarian ideas has created a culture of freedom which is more open and expansive than any unitary tradition alone could possibly be. ~ David Hackett Fischer
American Liberty quotes by David Hackett Fischer
American liberty is a religion. It is a thing of the spirit. ~ Wendell Willkie
American Liberty quotes by Wendell Willkie
[Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom. ~ Alexis De Tocqueville
American Liberty quotes by Alexis De Tocqueville
American liberty is premised on the accountability of free men and women for what they have done, not for what they may do. ~ John Newman
American Liberty quotes by John Newman
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. ~ Ronald Reagan
American Liberty quotes by Ronald Reagan
In the laws of Connecticut, as well as in all those of New England, we find the germ and gradual development of that township independence which is the life and mainspring of American liberty at the present day. ~ Alexis De Tocqueville
American Liberty quotes by Alexis De Tocqueville
Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but beyond a certain pitch, even the best constitution will be ineffectual, and slavery must ensue. On the other hand, when the manners of a nation are pure, when true religion and internal principles maintain their vigour, the attempts of the most powerful enemies to oppress them are commonly baffled and disappointed. . . .

[H]e is the best friend to American liberty, who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion, and who sets himself with the greatest firmness to bear down profanity and immorality of every kind. Whoever is an avowed enemy to God, I scruple not to call him an enemy to his country. Do not suppose, my brethren, that I mean to recommend a furious and angry zeal for the circumstantials of religion, or the contentions of one sect with another about their peculiar distinctions. I do not wish you to oppose any body's religion, but every body's wickedness. Perhaps there are few surer marks of the reality of religion, than when a man feels himself more joined in spirit to a true holy person of a different denomination, than to an irregular liver of his own. It is therefore your duty in this important and critical season to exert yourselves, every one in his proper sphere, to stem the tide of prevailing vice, to promote the knowledge of G ~ John Witherspoon
American Liberty quotes by John Witherspoon
You know what's amusing?
How people in this so-called American Liberty Movement constantly forward ideas as if nobody had ever thought of them before.
If any of these fucktards had ever read Pliny, Cicero, Plutarch or Suetonius, they would know that nearly all political ideas were old news by the time of the Emperor Caligula.
The American educational system is officially shit as far as I can tell. ~ Sienna McQuillen
American Liberty quotes by Sienna McQuillen
Two days later, Republican senator William Borah of Idaho, though widely considered a progressive Republican, warned that Roosevelt's policies were endangering the very foundations of American liberty and that their "creeping paralysis of bureaucracy threatens freedom of the press, placing the yoke of torture, colossal expense, and demoralization on the nation. ~ Daniel James Brown
American Liberty quotes by Daniel James Brown
Once Hamilton was initiated into the cause of American liberty, his life acquired an even more headlong pace that never slackened. ~ Ron Chernow
American Liberty quotes by Ron Chernow
The hard-fought victories in America's checkered history were won neither with parchment nor with words, but with guns, with blood, and with unimaginable suffering. Slavery, like Nazism and other totalitarian horrors, was vanquished by flying steel, by heartbreak, and by brute force - by whites and blacks who together smashed the institutions that had hijacked American liberty and perverted it for their own profit. But triggers are ultimately pulled by men, and successful campaigns require their practitioners to carry with them more than merely bombs and water. 'Europe was created by history,' Margaret Thatcher liked to say, but 'America was created by philosophy.' That philosophy, established by the founding generation and routinely recruited by the excluded ever since, remains extraordinarily potent - a North Star for wandering discontents within America's borders and without. ~ Charles C.W. Cooke
American Liberty quotes by Charles C.W. Cooke
Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty. ~ Herbert Hoover
American Liberty quotes by Herbert Hoover
I believe in the support of the public school as one of the cornerstones of American liberty. I believe in the right of every parent to choose whether his child shall be educated in the public school or in a religious school supported by those of his own faith. ~ Al Smith
American Liberty quotes by Al Smith
He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar that which, of all things, most emphatically belongs to God: himself. ~ C.S. Lewis
American Liberty quotes by C.S. Lewis
American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing. ~ Corey Clark
American Liberty quotes by Corey Clark
We've got to do more to ensure that people who work full time are not living in poverty and that the massive gap between rich and poor - which is fundamentally un-American, as far as I'm concerned - is somehow dealt with. ~ Eric Schneiderman
American Liberty quotes by Eric Schneiderman
Can we find nothing good to say about TV? Well, yes, it brings scattered solitaries into a sort of communion. TV allows your isolated American to think that he participates in the life of the entire country. It does not actually place him in a community, but his heart is warmed with the suggestion (on the whole false) that there is a community somewhere in the vicinity and that his atomized consciousness will be drawn back toward the whole. ~ Saul Bellow
American Liberty quotes by Saul Bellow
Of all the problems of conservation, none is more urgent that the polluted air which endangers the American people. We have been fortunate so far. But we have seen that when winds fail to blow, the concentrations of poisonous clouds over our cities can become perilous. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson
American Liberty quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea. ~ Katherine Dunn
American Liberty quotes by Katherine Dunn
I always say African American history is the quintessential American story. It's about perseverance and resilience - something everyone can relate to. ~ Philip Freelon
American Liberty quotes by Philip Freelon
Someone sent an email to Reverend Joanna Watson [an American missionary] saying that I'm gay, and she sent it to all the anti-gay pastors in Uganda. One of them said, "We're going to take care of this guy." When I was confronted by them I didn't know what they were going to do, but they decided to pray over me. They said they were going to cure me. That didn't work, of course. ~ Roger Ross Williams
American Liberty quotes by Roger Ross Williams
I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights - if need be - with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable. ~ Lee Myung-bak
American Liberty quotes by Lee Myung-bak
Outsourcing was the bogeyman of the '90s. Protectionists portrayed it as an evil that would take American jobs away. Yes, some jobs did go offshore as people feared, but it made the global economic pie grow bigger. ~ Vivek Wadhwa
American Liberty quotes by Vivek Wadhwa
The man responsible for keeping Americans safe from another terrorist attack on American soil for nearly seven years now will go down in history as one of America's greatest presidents. ~ Ann Coulter
American Liberty quotes by Ann Coulter
Asking liberals where wages and prices come from is like asking six-year-olds where babies come from. ~ Thomas Sowell
American Liberty quotes by Thomas Sowell
When I was starting out, science fiction was a little genre over there, which only a few people read. But now
where are you going to put, for example, Salman Rushdie? Or any of the South American writers? Most people get by calling them magical realists. ~ Doris Lessing
American Liberty quotes by Doris Lessing
A few scattered accounts, collected and combined together, may lead us to two certain conclusions: 1. That all the American Indians are one kind of people; 2. That they are the same as the people in the northeast of Asia. ~ Ezra Stiles
American Liberty quotes by Ezra Stiles
How many of you think it is time for American to stop pretending we are not Christian? If there's people in King, North Carolina who don't like that, there's lots of places you can move to. ~ David Gene Gibbs
American Liberty quotes by David Gene Gibbs
War has been glorified by men who have never been shot at. ~ Bobbye L. Hudspeth
American Liberty quotes by Bobbye L. Hudspeth
From an early period, I had the happiness to rank among the foremost in the American Revolution. In the affection and confidence of the people, I am proud to say, I have a great share. ~ Marquis De Lafayette
American Liberty quotes by Marquis De Lafayette
This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.
It is that American spirit - that American promise - that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend ~ Barack Obama
American Liberty quotes by Barack Obama
Pressure selling is firmly rooted in American economic life, and I'm sorry it is, for it should not be necessary. Some people think part of the panic following 1929 was due to too much pressure in selling. ~ Vash Young
American Liberty quotes by Vash Young
Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Williams Jennings Bryan, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King - indeed, the majority of great reformers in American history - were not only motivated by faith, but repeatedly used religious language to argue for their cause. To say that men and women should not inject their "personal morality" into public policy debates is a practical absurdity. ~ Barack Obama
American Liberty quotes by Barack Obama
We have big ideas. I just think that's part of how you campaign. You talk to the American people about big things. ~ Newt Gingrich
American Liberty quotes by Newt Gingrich
Writing is a kind of revenge against circumstance too: bad luck, loss, pain. If you make something out of it, then you've no longer been bested by these events. ~ Louise Gluck
American Liberty quotes by Louise Gluck
I like looking back at people's faces in the dark. I like noticing details that no one else sees. But I hate it in the old American movies when drivers don't watch the road. ~ Jean-Pierre Jeunet
American Liberty quotes by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles and American institutions. It is a wicked thing either to support or oppose a man because of the creed he possesses ... Such a movement directly contravenes the spirit of the Constitution itself. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
American Liberty quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
The illegal drug trade is the financial engine that fuels many terrorist organizations around the world, including Osama bin Laden. ~ Dennis Hastert
American Liberty quotes by Dennis Hastert
We came out here to find the American Dream, and now that we're right in the vortex you want to quit ... You must realize that we've found the main nerve."
I know," he said. "That's what gives me the Fear. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
American Liberty quotes by Hunter S. Thompson
The flames of freedom which were lighted across this great land of ours in Thomas Jefferson's day have continued to burn with an intense and magnetic light for nearly 200 years. They have been fed by the spiritual fuel which abounds only in a land where an abiding faith in God and recognition of Him as the true Author of Liberty prevail. ~ J. Edgar Hoover
American Liberty quotes by J. Edgar Hoover
If prayers emitted light, you'd see ours (Liberty students') from space. ~ Kevin Roose
American Liberty quotes by Kevin Roose
It is reasonable to insist that when the government deprives a person of his or her liberty? and in this case for an indefinite period of time? that the individual have a meaningful opportunity to challenge the legality of their detention and challenge whether they are being wrongfully detained. ~ Jeff Bingaman
American Liberty quotes by Jeff Bingaman
I am overwhelmed with gratitude, and my heart is full. 'American Sniper' has broken records, which follows such an honest path of Chris's life. ~ Taya Kyle
American Liberty quotes by Taya Kyle
I love Stephen King as much as any red rum drinking American, but I resent the fact that I, the bookseller, am his bitch. ~ Caroline Kepnes
American Liberty quotes by Caroline Kepnes
While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty. ~ Jose Rizal
American Liberty quotes by Jose Rizal
I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a chance to see these issues determined by open courts. Today, a secret program authorized by a secret court was, when exposed to the light of day, found to violate Americans' rights. It is the first of many. ~ Edward Snowden
American Liberty quotes by Edward Snowden
Low oil prices played a part in a major move by Congress voting to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting American crude oil. ~ Ari Shapiro
American Liberty quotes by Ari Shapiro
Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. That shows you what people thought of me right there, so I knew I had to go to work. ~ Marcus Allen
American Liberty quotes by Marcus Allen
The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect. ~ Ferdinand Marcos
American Liberty quotes by Ferdinand Marcos
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