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Letter "L" » Liberty
«It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which has its object the support and diffusion of religion»
Author: Francis Lieber
| About:
America and Americans,
Liberty
| Keywords:
diffusion, institution, political institutions, political liberty
«In relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds down, and the law which liberates.»
«In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary»
Author: Kathleen Norris
| About:
Liberty,
Society
| Keywords:
conflict, conformity, individual liberty, permanent, unresolvable
«If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve»
Author: Philip Wylie
| About:
Liberty
«If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.»
«If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.»
«In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.»
«It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
| About:
Government,
Liberty
| Keywords:
emergencies, grave, liberties, maintain
«In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on the fetters of galley-slaves. The application of this motto is fine and just.»
«Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Irreverence,
Liberty
| Keywords:
champion, irreverence
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