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Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the read more
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.
You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only read more
You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am free.
Oh, we are weary pilgrims; to this wilderness we bring
A Church without a bishop, a State without a read more
Oh, we are weary pilgrims; to this wilderness we bring
A Church without a bishop, a State without a King.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.
Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.
I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.
I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of
tyrants.
[Fr., L'arbre de la liberte read more
The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of
tyrants.
[Fr., L'arbre de la liberte ne croit qu'arrose par le sang des
tyrans.]
What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the read more
What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.