#libert

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

#assertion #be careful #careful #designated #interests

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#ever #liberties #may #never #nor

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#approaches #attention #downright #everyone #force

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#american #american spirit #different #language #liberty

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#death #give #give me #give me liberty #i

We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution. ↗

— Charles Evans Hughes

#judges #judiciary #liberty #our #property

When liberty returns, I will return. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#liberty #return #returns #will

Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free—and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror? ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#civil-rights #osama-bin-laden #surveillance #terrorism #war-on-terror

I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#exercise #i #liberty #others #personal

At times when you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media. ↗

— Josh Hutcherson

#between #book #bridge #certain #creative