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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
United States CongressThe Bill of Rights (Proposed 1789, ratified 1791), Amendment XIn context
- Government
It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties — the freedom of association — which make the defense of our nation worthwhile.
Earl Warren1891–1974United States v. Robel, 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
- Freedom
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
George Washington1732–1799Letter to James Madison (2 March 1788)
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
George Washington1732–1799
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights.
George Washington1732–1799Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island (1790)
- Religion
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
George Washington1732–1799George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Daniel Webster1782–1852Speech (3 June 1834); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), volume iv, page 47
The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.
Daniel Webster1782–1852Speech in the Senate (27 May 1834), on President Andrew Jackson’s protest, The Works of Daniel Webster, 10th edition (1857), Vol. 4, p. 133
- Government
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.
Daniel Webster1782–1852Speech at the Charleston Bar Dinner (May 10, 1847); reported in Edward Everett, ed., The Works of Daniel Webster (1851), Vol. II, p. 393
Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!
Daniel Webster1782–1852Second Reply to Hayne (1830)
- America
If the true spark of religious and civil liberty be kindled, it will burn.
Daniel Webster1782–1852Address on Laying the Cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument (1825)
Liberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men.
E. B. White1899–1985
The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Speech at New York Press Club (9 September 1912), in The papers of Woodrow Wilson, 25:124
- Government
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Speech at New York Press Club (9 September 1912), in The papers of Woodrow Wilson, 25:124
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
Woodrow Wilson1856–1924Address on Latin American Policy before the Southern Commercial Congress Mobile, Alabama (27 October 1913)