Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. Learned Hand
Speech at ‘I Am An American Day’, Central Park, New York (May 20, 1945) E
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
On the day the wall came down, the ship of fools had …
On the day the wall came down, the ship of fools had finally run aground. Pink Floyd
A Great Day For Freedom, The Division Bell. On the Berlin Wall being torn down and Socialism/Communism.
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances that permit …
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances that permit this norm to be exceeded / here and there, now and then / are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as ‘bad luck.’ Robert A. Heinlein
The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and …
The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and peace, and covers with its shield of protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of men that any of its great provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of Government. Such a doctrine leads directly to anarchy or despotism…. U.S. Supreme Court
in Ex Parte Milligan 4 Wallace 2 (1866) (David DavisE (1815-1886) U.S. Supreme Court Justice)
The people who say capitalism does not work are saying ‘freedom doesnOt …
The people who say ‘capitalism does not work’ are saying ‘freedom doesnOt work.’ And what they mean by that is they want power over you to force you to change reality for them. Christian H F Riley
Rights.com March 26, 2008
I have this friend… well, we aren’t really friends – we just …
I have this friend… well, we aren’t really friends – we just share custody of an ex-wife. Becker
Becker TV show
Gun registration is not enough. Janet Reno Former Attorney General, December 10, …
Gun registration is not enough.
Janet Reno
Former Attorney General, December 10, 1993
We have confused the free with the free and easy. Adlai Stevenson …
We have confused the free with the free and easy.
Adlai Stevenson
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of …
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ought to be. Richard Feynman
Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1) Those …
Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1) Those who fear and distrust the people . . . . 2) Those who identify themselves with thepeople, have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe . . . depository of the public interest. Thomas Jefferson