A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
– John Adams
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- Liberty should be understood as freedom from the government, specifically, freedom from the initiation of physical force by the government. – George Reisman
- When character is lost, nothing is lost; when wealth is lost, something is lost; but when health is lost, everything is lost. – Tapan Ghosh
- When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. – Billy Graham
- When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. – Billy Graham
- I don’t believe in the Constitution because I’m American, I’m American because I believe in the Constitution. – JSB Morse
- Where faith increases, liberty follows.-The Liberty Book – The Liberty Book
- The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry. – James Truslow Adams
- We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law. – William Howard Taft
- Try not to change the world. You will fail. Try to love the world. Lo, the world is changed. Changed forever. – Sri Chinmoy
- The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body. – Umberto Eco
- I’m convinced that the greatest lover of freedom & liberty is God almighty himself. He gave us free will, the greatest liberty of all. – Justin Steckbauer
- Enforcement isn’t about big government or small government. It’s about whether government works and who it works for. – Elizabeth Warren
- There is no true freedom without time freedom. And there is no time freedom without financial freedom. – Amah Lambert
- My freedom to say ‘No’ directly underscores your freedom to say ‘Yes’. RESPECT my freedom to PROTECT your freedom. – Mamur Mustapha
- Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once. – David Hume
- [E]ach person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others. – John Rawls
- The best decisions are always made quickly and changed slowly, not made slowly and changed quickly. – John Patrick Hickey
- Freedom of the mind is the most important liberty we have. Our belief in God’s grace gives us that freedom. – Ron Baratono
- Liberty depends on self-restraint. Freedom is freedom only when controlled and limited. – Edith Hamilton
- Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. – John Adams
- Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. – John Quincy Adams
- A government of laws, and not of men – John Adams
- A government of laws, and not of men. – John Adams
- . . . a constitution, intended toendure for ages to come, andconsequently, to be adapted to thevarious crises of human affairs. – John Marshall
- The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. – John Marshall
- A huge meringue with polio who drives everywhere in a beautifully restored Hillman Imp. – St John Morris
- They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin
- Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin
- They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor S – Benjamin Franklin
- Jesus not only preached liberty, but has the authority to direct history toward its final victory. – The Liberty Book
- A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue. – Daniel Webster
- Liberty will not descend to a people. A people must raisethemselves to liberty. It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed. – Charles Caleb Colton
- Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power. – James Madison
- A slave believes that the law should define the scope of liberty. A free person believes that liberty should define the scope of the law. – Jakub Boydar Winiewski
- Old: Give me liberty or give me death. – New: Give me liberty or give me debt. – Orrin Woodward
- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. – Benjamin Franklin
- There is no liberty, save wisdom and self-control. Liberty is within–not without. It is each man’s own affair. – HG Wells
- France bleeds, but liberty smiles, and before the smile of liberty, France forgets her wound. – Victor Hugo
- Government should never be able to do anything you can’t do. If you can’t steal from your neighbor, you can’t send the government to steal for you. – Ron Paul
- America… goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. – John Quincy Adams