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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol (1777)
- Liberty
- Morality
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Letter to M. de Menonville (October 1789)
- Justice
- Liberty
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
There is simply no room left for ‘freedom from the tyranny of government’ since city dwellers depend on it for food, power, water, transportation, protection, and welfare.
William S. Burroughs1914–1997Cities of the Red Night (1981)
- Government
Kick is seeing things from a special angle. Kick is momentary freedom from the claims of the aging, cautious, nagging, frightened flesh. Maybe I will find in yage what I was looking for in junk and weed and coke.
William S. Burroughs1914–1997Junkie (1953)
Freedom is not America’s gift to the world, it is the Almighty God’s gift to every man and woman in this world.
George W. Bushborn 1946
By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well⁠—a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Address (2005)
There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants, and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Address (2005)
When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Address (2005)
- America
- Liberty
The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Address (2005)
- America
- Liberty
America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.
George W. Bushborn 19469/11 Address to the Nation (2001)
- America
It is essential to this nation’s future that we remember that the freedom to worship who we want, and how we want, or not worship at all, is a core belief of our founding.
George W. Bushborn 1946Remarks at the SMU 100th Spring Commencement (May 2015)
- Religion
Liberty can be delayed, but it cannot be denied.
George W. Bushborn 1946Remarks to the People of Hungary (June 22, 2006)
- Liberty
History has called America and our allies to action, and it is both our responsibility and our privilege to fight freedom’s fight.
George W. Bushborn 1946The Axis of Evil (2002)
- War & Peace
For freedom’s battle, once begun,
Bequeath’d by bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft, is ever won.
Lord Byron1788–1824The Giaour (1813), Line 123.