Liberty Quotes - Daily Email History

"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined;
to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite."

~ George Washington  

"Liberty is the luxury of self-discipline, that those nations historically who have failed to discipline themselves have had discipline imposed by others."

~ Alistair Cooke  

"Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence."

~ Bill Hybels  

"Duties are not performed for duty's sake,
but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable.
A man performs but one duty --
the duty of contenting his spirit,
the duty of making himself agreeable to himself."

~ Mark Twain  

"There is only one basic human right,
the right to do as you damn well please. 
And with it comes the only basic human duty,
the duty to take the consequences."

~ P. J. O'Rourke  

"Let us have faith that right makes might,
and in that faith let us to the end
dare to do our duty as we understand it."

~ Abraham Lincoln