Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
John Acton
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... →
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
Lord Acton
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Henry Adams
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
John Adams
Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.
I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many... →
Malin Akerman
What if democracy does not serve liberty? This question is seldom asked in the West, where democracy is often seen as synonymous with liberalism.
Mustafa Akyol
Those who hope to nurture genuine religiosity should first establish liberty.
To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
Madeleine Albright