It's important to every American that the law protect his or her basic liberty.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection.
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.
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.
It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.
Every American has the duty to obey the law and the right to expect that the law will be enforced.
The U.S. Constitution was meant to be universal, not just something that only America would observe. The principle of defending liberty for all people ideally should apply everywhere in the world.
There can be no liberty without the law.
Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.
Every law is an infraction of liberty.