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Letter "L" » Liberty
«It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives»
«The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.»
Author: John Stuart Mill
(Economist, Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Liberty,
Power,
Prevention
| Keywords:
interfere, only if, prevent
«I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.»
«It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.»
Author: Sandra Day O'Conner
| About:
Liberty,
Religion
| Keywords:
discern, religious liberty, thoughtful, threat
«It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.»
Author: David Hume
(Economist, Essayist, Historian, Philosopher)
| About:
Liberty
| Keywords:
all at once
«It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.»
Author: Felix Frankfurter
(Jurist)
| About:
History,
Liberty
| Keywords:
controversies, involving, safeguards, summary
«It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
America and Americans,
Death,
Freedom,
Liberty,
War
| Keywords:
Almighty, Almighty God, begun, brethren, bring to, chains, clash, clashed, clashes, clashing, extenuate, extenuates, forbid, gale, gales, gentlemen, god of war, in the north, in vain, North, North A, North by, purchased, resound, resounded, resounding, resounds, sweeps, The Clash, The Field, the matter, the North, The War, to the north, war cry
«It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.»
«It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
History,
Judgement,
Liberty,
Truth
| Keywords:
conclusions, counsels, faculty, Faculty of, leave office, observations, Office of, represent, thereupon
«It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Jealousy,
Liberty
| Keywords:
abuse, deprive, jealousy, supposition, unjust, unwise
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