Liberty Quotes - Daily Email History

"The whole freedom of man consists either in spiritual or civil liberty."

~ John Milton  

"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts,
but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."

~ Francis Bacon  

"He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within."

~ Quintus Ennius  

"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit.
In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit."

~ Napoleon Bonaparte  

"Love is the only bow on Life's dark cloud. It is the morning and the evening star. It shines upon the babe, and sheds its radiance on the quiet tomb. It is the mother of art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher. It is the air and light of every heart -- builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody -- for music is the voice of love. Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods."

~ Robert G. Ingersoll  

"Today we may say aloud before an awe-struck world:
'We are still masters of our fate. We are still captain of our souls.'"

~ Sir Winston Churchill  

"The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means."

~ Georges Bernanos  

"Government is like fire.
If it is kept within bounds and
under the control of the people,
it contributes to the welfare of all.
But if it gets out of place,
if it gets too big and out of control,
it destroys the happiness
and even the lives of the people."

~ Harold E. Stassen  

"Somehow strangely the vice of men gets well represented and protected but their virtue has none to plead its cause -- nor any charter of immunities and rights."

~ Henry David Thoreau  

"Crime is contagious.
If the government becomes a law breaker,
it breeds contempt for the law."

~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis  

"True liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all."

~ Katherine Mansfield  

"The guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. If both are not accorded the same protection, then it is not equal."

~ Lewis F. Powell  

"No free government, or the blessings of liberty,
can be preserved to any people,
but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation,
temperance, frugality and virtue, and
by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles."

~ George Mason  

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice,
you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse
and you say that you are neutral,
the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."

~ Bishop Desmond Tutu  

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people."

~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.