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  • Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty. The external threat to liberty should not drive us into suppressing liberty at home. Those who want the government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

    Address at National Archives, Washington, D.C., 15 Dec. 1952
  • Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

  • ...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in the use of arms.

    Army   Gun   Law  
  • History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.

    "Neither Liberty, Nor Safety" by Virginia Postrel, reason.com. June 1989.
  • "Little Brother" sounds an optimistic warning. It extrapolates from current events to remind us of the ever-growing threats to liberty. But it also notes that liberty ultimately resides in our individual attitudes and actions. In our increasingly authoritarian world, I especially hope that teenagers and young adults will read it - and then persuade their peers, parents and teachers to follow suit.

  • Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty.

    Harry S. Truman (1956). “The Truman administration, its principles and practice”
  • Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.

    Declaration of Independence (1776).
  • An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

    Eugene J. McCarthy (2004). “Parting Shots from My Brittle Bow: Reflections on American Politics and Life”, p.109, Fulcrum Publishing
  • Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

    Suicide   Men   Law  
    Address at National Archives, Washington, D.C., 15 Dec. 1952
  • In fact, it's the greatest threat to liberty of all kinds, whether it is freedom of religion, whether it is freedom of speech, whether it is freedom of the press, whether it is freedom of association, all of the rights that are enshrined in the First Amendment are threatened by the active, aggressive homosexual lobby and the homosexual agenda.

  • When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses a threat to liberty.

  • The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

    Letter to William Stephens Smith, 13 Nov. 1787
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