“If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Liberty
Aristotle on Democracy
Benjamin Franklin on Liberty
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Continue reading
Edward Everett on Education
“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.” Continue reading
Eric Hoffer on Freedom
“When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.” Continue reading
Voltaire on Freedom
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson on Liberty
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Continue reading
Eugene McCarthy on Bureaucracy
“The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.” Continue reading
George Carlin on Freedom
“Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?” Continue reading
George Bernard Shaw on Liberty
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson on Liberty
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.” Continue reading
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