Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.
Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
Liberty is not the unique right of Americans or even Westerners, but is mankind's right.
Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people.
Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.