#libert

When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education . . . the time will come when men are carried away and lose all self-restraint . . . . It is not necessary to do violence to such a people in order to strip them of the rights they enjoy; they themselves willingly loosen their hold. . . . they neglect their chief business which is to remain their own masters. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#political-economy #business

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice. ↗

— Lin Yutang

#lawyers #liberty #many #peace #policemen

When there is life and mankind, a person will live striving for good deeds, liberty and a bright life, and wish that goodness and justice will reign in the world. ↗

— Islom Karimov

#deeds #good #good deeds #goodness #justice

In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#even #liberty #organization #over #peace

In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#every #every man #his #instinctive #liberty

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#authority #balance #between #central #central authority

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#demand #freedom #freedom of speech #how #liberties

Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#liberty #license #like #right #you

Whenever Hollywood gets involved with real life events, certain liberties have to be taken. ↗

— Greg Kinnear

#events #gets #hollywood #involved #liberties

The Obama Administration's obsession with forcing mandates on the American people has now reached a new low by violating the conscience rights and religious liberties of our people. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#american #american people #conscience #forcing #liberties