44 Quotations Found

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.

Author: Learned Hand | Subjects: Freedom | Liberty, Law | Legal

As a nation we began by declaring that “all men are created equal.” We now practically read it as “all men are created equal except Negroes.” When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, “all men are created equal, except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics.” When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty. … [ Read more ]

Author: Abraham Lincoln | Subjects: Freedom | Liberty, Immigration, Politics & Public Policy, Race Relations, Tolerance

A young man without power or money is completely free. He has nothing, but he also has everything. He can travel, he can drift. He can make new acquaintances every day, and try to soak up the infinite variety of life. He can seduce and be seduced, start an enterprise and abandon it, join an army or flee a nation, fight to preserve an existing … [ Read more ]

Author: Mark Bowden | Subjects: Freedom | Liberty, Life & Society, Power

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

Author: George Orwell | Subject: Freedom | Liberty