Freedom Quotes
No.	Quotation	Last Name	First Name
1	Liberty alone demands, for its realization, the limitation of the public authority, for liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition.	Acton	Lord
2	The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class. It is not the realization of a political ideal: it is the discharge of a moral obligation.	Acton	Lord
3	Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.	Acton	Lord
4	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.	Acton	Lord
5	In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies: by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food.	Acton	Lord
6	Liberty, next to religion, has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, two thousand four hundred and sixty years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race.	Acton	Lord
7	I would define liberty to be a power to do as we would be done by. The definition of liberty to be the power of doing whatever the law permits, meaning the civil laws, does not seem satisfactory.	Adams	John
8	The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body.	Adams	John
9	Liberty, according to my metaphysics . . . is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.	Adams	John
10	Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.	Adams	John

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