There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.
The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.
In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?
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.
There can be no liberty without the law.
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.
Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.