2,103 Quotes About Liberty

"The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments."

"Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority."

"Show me a movement that doesn't hate somebody and I will join it at once."

"If the Tenth Amendment were still taken seriously, most of the federal government's present activities would not exist. That's why no one in Washington ever mentions it."

"One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties."

"Anytime anyone is enslaved, or in any way deprived of his liberty, if that person is a human being, as far as I am concerned he is justified to resort to whatever methods necessary to bring about his liberty again."

"It's liberty or death! It's freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody!"

"I am ... a realist. The magnitude of what one terms license or civil liberties or personal freedom has got to be adjusted to the circumstances."

"In my opinion, patriotism is liberty."