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“For the first time in a while, a pro-America Brazilian president arrives in DC. It’s the beginning of a partnership focused on liberty and prosperity, something that all of us Brazilians have long wished for. You have a president who is a friend of the United States who admires this beautiful country.”
Jair Bolsonaro (born 1955) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Twitter, on 17 March 2019. Bolsonaro chega a Washington e comemora proximidade com os EUA. Reuters, 17 March 2019.
“A few decades ago they tried to change the Brazilian regime and that of other Latin American countries. They have been defeated! Brazilian civilians and military were killed and many others had their reputation destroyed, but we won that war and safeguarded our liberty.”
Jair Bolsonaro (born 1955) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at the 74th UN General Assembly. Statement by Mr. Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. United Nations PaperSmart (24 September 2019).
“Justice alone knows liberty, equality, and fraternity, and justice is a human virtue arising from man's human capacity to reason. We cannot make sense out of justice by looking at the moon or taking dope or building battleships. We can make sense out of justice by using our reason to discover that justice, like wisdom, is better than rubies.”
Milton Mayer (1908–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Horace Mann said that one former was worth a thousand reformers. And if you are going to keep justice and liberty alive, you lawyers, we teachers will try to become what we were meant to be, the formers of the character of our citizens.”
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt (1877–1948) first seen 1917 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech delivered in 1917 to the California Bar Association, in
“You are of course at liberty to dispense with that office or dispose of it in such a manner as may suit adequately and effectively the objectives of your Islamic State.”
Jogendra Nath Mandal (1904–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[E]verything in the reasoning of the founders pointed inexorably toward the incompatibility of liberty and equality with slavery...”
Allen C. Guelzo (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Milton Friedman, a great defender of liberty in my view.”
Alan Charles Kors (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Government programs once established never end, they just never end. The logic is evermore decision made by government and ever fewer decisions made by individuals. Democracy is an extraordinary thing, but Hitler could've been elected democratically. Democracy is not the same as liberty. It is not the same as individual rights.”
Alan Charles Kors (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Education in the form of passing on information, facts and specific knowledge does not need reflective teachers. Reflective teachers are very important in a democratic education because the learners' liberty is always respected.”
Sukavich Rangsitpol (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Roll up your sleeves, set your mind to making history, and wage such a fight for liberty that the whole world will respect our sex.”
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859–1947) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Printed in over 7 million pamphlets, distributed at over 10,000 Sufragists meetings in 1913. "Democracy" by Sue Vander Hook (2011)
“The goal is to bring security to the peoples of the area, and the Palestinians in particular, restoring to them all their right to a life of liberty and dignity… This is what I stand for.”
Anwar Sadat (1918–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All resolved to imitate the noble Partap, ... preferring Hard liberty before the easy yoke Of servile pomp.”
James Tod (1782–1835) said by 1835 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Georgia's character - now and forever - celebrates tolerance, embraces diversity, relishes lively and open debate, and above all, respects liberty and human dignity. Georgia is a democracy, because above all - its national identity is rooted in the traditions of democracy.”
Mikheil Saakashvili (born 1967) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Remarks of the President of Georgia H.E. Mikheil Saakashvili to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe" (26 January 2005), ReliefWeb
“Nor does the concept of the Fascist or Nazi dictator appeal to the American liberty loving citizen with his traditional love for democracy and republican institutions which bar both Nazism and Fascism.”
Charles Coughlin (1891–1979) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Money Is No Mystery" speech (December 30, 1934), p. 98
“Fascism does not look upon the doctrine of economic liberty as an absolute dogma. It does not refer economic problems to individual needs, to individual interest, to individual solutions. On the contrary, it considers the economic development, and especially the production of wealth, as an eminently social concern, wealth being for society an essential element of power and prosperity.”
Alfredo Rocco (1875–1935) said by 1935 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sandino embodied the desire for liberty of a people who were systematically subjected to the attack of Yankee intervention and subjected to imperialist exploitation an domination. The same marines who murdered the Filipino people thousands of miles from our country, arrivied to soak Nicaraguan territory in blood in those days.”
Daniel Ortega (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“England has not always been a land of liberty. Everyone has heard of the cruel and barbarous persecutions Protestants had to endure under the reigns of Henry VIII and of his daughter Mary. At the present time people have become more humane, and everyone may enjoy peace and tranquillity, maintained by just and wise laws.”
César-François de Saussure (1705–1783) first seen 1729 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter XIV, London, 29 April 1729, pp. 317–318
“Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church from the state, and to break the mutual concord between temporal authority and the priesthood. It is certain that that concord which always was favorable and beneficial for the sacred and the civil order is feared by the shameless lovers of liberty.”
Pope Gregory XVI (1765–1846) first seen 1832 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mirari vos (15 August 1832)
“It appears that this Harold Wallace Rosenthal was murdered in The Plane Sky-jacking in Istanbul, Turkey, in August 1976 by some of his own element. Frankly, if Congress had the good judgment to enact the Liberty Amendment or 23rd Amendment, this would cut the water off or source of revenue from the Federal Reserve System (Corporation) that has been robbing the nation since 1913.”
Harold Wallace Rosenthal (1947–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1978, Page lxiii of The Liberty Bell, Volume 6
“No court in Germany is competent to entertain an appeal against a measure taken by the sinister Gestapo, even when its affects personal liberty.”
Friedrich Thyssen (1804–1877) said by 1877 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No supermoralist ever interferes with the liberty of other people- only moralists do that. By all means let men make as many laws as they like if it amuses them, but let them make them for themselves, and not for others. What business have we to go poking our fingers into other people’s pies? Do you think that by forcing our fellows to do this or that, we are furthering their evolution?”
Cyril Scott (1879–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality; and this achievement is a gain, not only to Americans, but to the world and to civilization.”
Herbert Croly (1869–1930) first seen 1909 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Promise of American Life (1909), p. 16
“Like the "," the "" is phony, a front for the war on privacy, liberty, and democracy. Only counter-terrorists can defeat terrorists. May the armies of the animal, earth, and human liberationists rise and multiply in a perfect war against the oppressors of the earth.”
Steven Best (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let your motto be resistance! resistance! RESISTANCE! No oppressed people have ever secured their liberty without resistance. What kind of resistance you had better make, you must decide by the circumstances that surround you, and according to the suggestion of expediency.”
Henry Highland Garnet (1815–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The god of the white man inspires him with crime, but our god calls upon us to do good works. Our god who is good to us orders us to revenge our wrongs. He will direct our arms and aid us. Throw away the symbol of the god of the whites who has so often caused us to weep, and listen to the voice of liberty, which speaks in the hearts of us all.”
Dutty Boukman (1800–1791) first seen 1791 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sermon at Bois Caïman, August 14, 1791, as reported in C. L. R. James, The Black Jacobins (1938), p. 87
“The preamble to the U.S. Constitution declares as one of its purposes, to "secure the blessings of liberty, to ourselves and our posterity." Should not those blessings include air fit to breathe, water decent enough to drink, and land which is as beautiful for our descendants as it was for our ancestors?”
Winona LaDuke (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The preamble to the U.S. Constitution declares its intent to be to "secure the blessings of liberty, to ourselves, and our posterity." In reality, U.S. laws have been transformed by corporate interests to cater to elite interests in society.”
Winona LaDuke (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art-culture, and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.”
Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907) said by 1907 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If government goes beyond securing liberty and instead violates it through regulation, redistribution, and planning, then citizens are victims of legal plunder.”
Richard Ebeling (born 1950) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: FEE at 60: Self-Improvement and First Principles”, Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), (March 1, 2006)
“We are Americans- we lead and are looked to as leaders in the fight for liberty. We dare not shirk this responsibility.”
Donald Malarkey (1921–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[The Supreme Court of California’s 1931 decision “People v. Blackburn”] demonstrates that religious liberty is truly protected only if donations even to the most marginal and “strange” religions are protected.”
Massimo Introvigne (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have often proved in several of my Writings both Commercial and Theological:- We[England], I say, the boasted Patrons of Liberty, and the professed Advocates for the natural Rights of Mankind, engage deeper in this murderous inhuman Traffic[slavery] than any nation whatever:- And to shew our Confidence, we glory in it!”
Josiah Tucker (1713–1799) first seen 1776 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Series of Answers to Certain Popular Objections Against Separating from the Rebellious Colonies, and Discarding Them Entirely (1776)
“Let us, in particular, take care not to forget the principles of the Revolution. ... I will only take notice of the three following: First; The right to liberty of conscience in religious matters. Secondly; The right to resist power when abused. And, Thirdly; The right to chuse our own governors; to cashier them for misconduct; and to frame a government for ourselves.”
Richard Price (1723–1791) said by 1791 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life and liberty are parts of each other and they are linked to our capacity of awareness.”
Randa Kassis (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What friend of human liberty, civilization, and refinement, can cast his view over the past history of the monarchies and aristocracies of antiquity, and not deplore that they ever existed? What philanthropist can contemplate the oppressions, the cruelties, and injustice inflicted by them on the masses of mankind, and not turn with moral horror from the retrospect?”
John L. O'Sullivan (1813–1895) said by 1895 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. But in the name of Almighty God, I forbid you to hurt my people whether clerk or lay.”
Thomas Becket (1119–1171) said by 1171 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the first model, the centralized accumulation of power in any man or single group... meant tyranny; the division and separation of powers, both vertically (...federal, state and local...) and horizontally (...legislative, executive, and judicial...) meant liberty.”
Laurence Tribe (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This book is about a clash of absolutes, life against liberty. No right is more basic than the right to live. ...If infanticide is wrong, is the destruction of a fetus at eight months of , or at five, any different?”
Laurence Tribe (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[T]he chief Design of our whole Law, and of all the several Rules of our Constitution, is to secure and maintain our Liberty.”
Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715) first seen 1689 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An Enquiry into the Measures of Submission to the Supream Authority, quoted in Gilbert Burnet, A Collection of Eighteen Papers, Relating to the Affairs of Church & State, During the Reign of King James the Second (1689)…
“It concerns not only the Catholic Church but all believing citizens (and even non-believers), adhering to any religious denomination present in the United States, because this governmental action could make it clear that, with the pretext of the implementation of legislation of social and health interest, it can act at any moment against the religious liberty of any citizen.”
Roberto González Nieves (born 1950) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Government Cannot Oblige Religions to Go Against Their Convictions (30 July 2012)
“Justice for all means reproductive justice, gender justice, queer justice. Liberty for all means the all-inclusive freedoms that guarantee every person agency over their own body.”
Michelle Wu (born 1985) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 24 June 2022 "Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says overturning Roe v. Wade will 'ruin lives'
“The problem of so many media is that they don’t really grasp real picture of the situation. The Arab Spring has been depicted as this clear push for liberty and democracy—but the actual results in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, for example, are proving otherwise. In many respects, the West is poorly informed, including its churches, despite good intentions.”
Elias Khoury Slaiman (born 1951) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop rues West’s view of Arab Spring, distinguishes jihadists, moderate Muslims (2013)
“In front of them Washington, pensive like Archimedes, with the tip of the sacred sword, soaked in the blood of battles, inscribes the United States on the map of the Nations; and Franklin, the modern Teramenes, snatching a ray from the sun, with lucid stars, engraves in infinity the eternal legend of Liberty.”
Luís Gama (1830–1882) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: À Forca o Cristo da Multidão, 1882. Source: Luiz Gama desenha o perfil de Tiradentes.
“Many have sacrificed their lives for our freedoms, and of course among the first and the founding freedoms of our country was that of religious liberty. Does a service member have to forfeit their constitutional right when they put on the uniform?”
Neal Buckon (born 1953) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Military chaplains on front lines of religious freedom battle (July 3, 2012)
“Political liberty is the residuary legatee of ecclesiastical animosities.”
John Neville Figgis (1866–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the struggle between liberty and authority the possession of a hostile printing press becomes of capital importance.”
John Neville Figgis (1866–1919) said by 1919 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Taxation imposed in an exaggerate, unjust, or unlawful way violates citizens’ fundamental rights to liberty and private property, and amounts to persecution, which is another name for violence.”
Marco Respinti (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…all human beings are guardians of other fellow humans. Being the keeper of somebody else does not in fact mean stripping others of their liberty and right to self-determination. It means to be always there, if and when needed—spiritually and, when possible, also materially.”
Marco Respinti (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It will not make for lost time as my liberty and all other human rights accorded to me by virtue of my being human was unjustifiably curtailed.”
Jestina Mukoko (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a nation, we have moved forward substantially in the past 40 years (since the 1982 Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina) and it is right that we celebrate how, in exercising our liberty, we have built a prosperous and peaceful country - one which has not simply survived, but thrived.”
Phyl Rendell (born 1901) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Phyl Rendell (2021) cited in "Falklands War: Veterans to be honoured at National Memorial Arboretum event" on BBC News, 10 January 2022.