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Liberty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Liberty is a concept of political philosophy or, as in Kant's philosophy, a metaphysical idea, often equated with freedom. In philosophy, liberty is traditionally conceived as the attribute of the will of the rational subject, thus defining free will and voluntary actions. Various political ideologies oppose themselves on the understanding of liberty, which can be conceived, in an individualist and liberal conception as the freedom of the individual, whilst socialism, for example, equates liberty with equality, claiming that liberty without equality amounts to the domination of the most powerful. ..." |
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Famous Quotes / Quotations about Liberty
"Famous quotes, quotations, sayings, phrases, idioms, proverbs, and axioms about Liberty and the Responsibility that comes with it. Quotes are organized by Name and Category." |
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The Philosophy of Liberty
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Freedom vs. Liberty, by Joseph R. Stromberg, 10 Jul 2001
Related Topic: Ama-gi
The etymology of the words "freedom" and "liberty"
"'Liberty' derives from Latin libertas, from liber, 'free.' ... Even so, 'freedom' seems a bit more world-bound or concrete than 'liberty.' The latter conjures up the abstract public liberty in relation to the state. ... Freedom might well be the very 'thing' it is most important not to lose." |
How Much Do You Know About Liberty? (a quiz), The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Jun 1996
Related Topics: Bill of Rights, Entrepreneurship, John Hancock, Abraham Lincoln, Right to Trial by Jury, War |
How To Sell Liberty, by Jarret B. Wollstein, Jun 1998
"Selling liberty is a serious business and you need to adopt a serious, professional attitude. ... Liberty is one product that benefits every honest person, so it can be sold to nearly everyone. ... Explain that liberty and the free market are intelligent compassion – compassion that really works." |
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In Pursuit of Liberty, by Jarret B. Wollstein, May 1997
"Liberty is as much a requirement of our psychological nature as food and air are requirements of our biological nature. When liberty is denied, economies stagnate, cultures deteriorate, science declines, living standards fall, and the human spirit languishes. Liberty is essential for any decent and humane society." |
Kennedy's Libertarian Revolution: Lawrence's reach, by Randy E. Barnett, National Review Online, 10 Jul 2003
"... now Justice Kennedy is writing for a majority of the Court ... Liberty, not privacy, pervades this opinion like none other, beginning with the very first paragraph ... Once an action is deemed to be a proper exercise of liberty (as opposed to license), the burden shifts to the government." |
Liberty Defined, by Floyd A. "Baldy" Harper, 4 Sep 1957
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society
"Liberty stems from liber, which means to be free. ... Liberty is the absence of coercion of a human being by any other human being; it is a condition where the person may do whatever he desires, according to his wisdom and conscience.
... to have liberty one must be free without qualification or modification, so far as his social relationships are concerned." |
Test your freedom IQ, The Orange County Register, 18 Jun 2006
"Are you a rock-solid freedom lover, a closet authoritarian or an in-your-face socialist? Take the Register's first Freedom Quiz and see. It's devised with new graduates in mind, to help them understand their political philosophy as they head out into the real world or back into the not-so-real world of academia." |
The Abstract Concept of Human Liberty, by Robert LeFevre, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Dec 1982
"Human liberty is an abstraction. It is a concept not yet attained in any final way. Indeed, it will probably never be attained as a total condition, for there will always be malfunctioning human beings, just as there are well-functioning children who know nothing at all of any abstraction until they are taught." |
The History of Freedom in Antiquity, by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 26 Feb 1877
Address to the members of the Bridgnorth Institute
"All that Socrates could effect by way of protest against the tyranny of the reformed Democracy was to die for his convictions. ... But when Christ said: 'Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's,' those words ... were the repudiation of absolutism and the inauguration of Freedom." |
The Idea of Liberty is Western, by Ludwig von Mises, American Affairs, Oct 1950
Related Topics: Capitalism, Greece, Socialism
Excerpted from chapter 21 of Money, Method, and the Market Process
"What gives to the individuals as much freedom as is compatible with life in society is the operation of the market system. The constitutions and bills of rights do not create freedom. They merely protect the freedom that the competitive economic system grants to the individuals against encroachments on the part of the police power." |
The Indivisibility of Liberty, by Mary J. Ruwart, 23 Apr 2008
Related Topic: War on Drugs
Discusses how advocating that others be deprived of some liberties results in negative repercussions on our own liberties
"Liberty requires respect for the personal choices that others make. In the long run, our liberties cannot be maintained if we violate the liberties of others. In trying to control others, we will eventually find ourselves controlled. ... Liberty is indivisible. It's the one thing we can't have unless we are willing to give it others." |
Shall Liberty or Empire be Sought?, by Patrick Henry, 5 Jun 1788
Related Topics: Imperialism, Constitution of the United States, Standing Armies
Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention
"We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation." |
The Top 25 Liberty Songs, by Bill Winter, Libertarian Party News, Aug 2001
Related Topics: Songs
"... it is a list of 25 great songs that celebrate liberty ... Sunshine ... My Life ... 911 is a joke ... Get Up, Stand Up ... The Band Played Waltzing Matilda ... Liberty ... Something for Nothing ... 1% ... Taxman ... Copperhead Road ... America ... The Plan ... People Want to Be Free ... I Want To Be Free (That's the Truth) ... Capitalism ..." |
Why the Republicans Are Doomed, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., 21 Feb 2007
Related Topics: Republican Party, The State
"... these days we see all around us how liberty generates order and how this order is self-sustaining. We live in private communities. We see the glorious world of the web. We benefit daily, hourly, minute-by-minute, from an order that is not imposed from without but rather generated from within, by that remarkable capacity we have for pursuing self-interest while benefiting the whole." |
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Freedom, by Norma Jean Almodovar
Poem written during campaign for Lt. Governor of California |
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Escape From Leviathan: Liberty, Welfare, and Anarchy Reconciled, by Jan Clifford Lester, 21 Jun 2000
Excerpts from each major section of the book available at Libertarian Alliance website |
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For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, by Murray N. Rothbard, 1973
Related Topic: Libertarianism
Electronic text (in HTML and PDF) available at Ludwig von Mises Institute |
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Liberty: A Path to Its Recovery [PDF], by Floyd A. "Baldy" Harper, Hans F. Sennholz (Foreword), Foundation for Economic Education, 1949
Electronic text available at the Foundation for Economic Education |
- ISBN 0910614954: Paperback, Foundation for Econ Education, 2nd edition, 1993
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Liberty Against Power: Essays by Roy A. Childs, Jr.
by Roy A. Childs, Jr., Thomas S. Szasz (Foreword), Joan Kennedy Taylor (Editor), 1 Dec 1994 |
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On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill, 1859
Electronic text available at The Library of Economics and Liberty. |
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Planning for Freedom: And Sixteen other Essays and Addresses
by Ludwig von Mises, 1952 |
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Speaking of Liberty
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., Ludwig von Mises Institute, Dec 2003 |
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The Constitution of Liberty
by Friedrich A. Hayek, 1960 |
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The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority
by Rose Wilder Lane, 1943 |
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The Passion for Liberty
by Tibor R. Machan, Aug 2003 |
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Toward Liberty: The Idea That Is Changing the World
by David Boaz (Editor), Cato Institute, Apr 2002 |
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