#liberty

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The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.


Thomas Hobbes


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Ultimately, I'm about liberty and I think you have to defend it.


David Hockney


#defend #i #i think #liberty #think

Due to state laws, the restaurant was nonsmoking, which as a nonsmoker pleases me, but as a Libertarian it pisses me off.



Jarod Kintz


#big-brother #choice #freedom #law #laws

America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a multitude of factors: extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and failing, a noncorrupt bureaucracy, and financial markets and a venture capital system that are unrivaled at taking new ideas and turning them into global products.


Thomas L. Friedman


#capitalism #economics #freedom #liberty #politics

Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.


Margaret Thatcher


#freedom #law #liberty #respect #right

The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it.


Franklin D. Roosevelt


#liberty #truth #freedom

Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point... We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when the people reaches that height, God will provide a weapon, the idols will be shattered, tyranny will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will shine out like the first dawn.


José Rizal


#liberty #freedom

My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!


Thomas Jefferson


#founding-fathers #freedom #liberty #thomas-jefferson #freedom

The transfer is a monumental occasion as the Iraqi people take control of their government and their future and forge ahead with creating a society governed by the tenets of life, liberty and freedom.


Jim Gerlach


#control #creating #forge #freedom #future

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.


Samuel Adams


#authority #earth #free #his #law