Maxioms Pet

X
  •   29  /  34  

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

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  11  /  27  

By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By read more

By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think wrong.

  ( comments )
  21  /  27  

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

Where liberty dwells, there is my country.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Liberty Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  13  /  31  

Liberty is the right to do as the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do as the law permits.

by Montesquieu Found in: Liberty Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  23  /  45  

Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.

Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.

by Miguel De Cervantes Found in: Liberty Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  12  /  29  

"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our read more

"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men." -Samuel Adams

  ( comments )
  17  /  24  

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to read more

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

  ( comments )
  18  /  38  

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

by Thomas Paine Found in: Liberty Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  20  

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases read more

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases involving not very nice people.

by Felix Frankfurter Found in: Liberty Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  16  /  26  

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal
vigilance.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal
vigilance.

by John Philpot Curran Found in: Liberty Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet