It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Liberty is not the unique right of Americans or even Westerners, but is mankind's right.
The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.
Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.
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.
The right of liberty is God-given and immortal. It cannot be regulated. Or controlled. It cannot be banned. And it must not be restricted.
Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it.
There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
The truth is that men are tired of liberty.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.