#libert

How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine and Benjamin Franklin had walked. ↗

— Burl Ives

#benjamin #benjamin franklin #franklin #had #how

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

Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh? None. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#good #huh #i #liberty #life

Liberty means more to me than life itself. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#liberty #life #me #means #more

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. ↗

— Ellen Key

#duty #fidelity #itself #liberty #observation

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