“Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this world. Compulsion is applied from above as self-discipline relaxes below, and the last liberties expire under the weight of a unitary state.... Since religion has lost its empire over the souls of men, the most prominent boundary that divided good from evil is overthrown; kings and nations are guided by chance and none can say where are the natural limits of despotism and the bound of license.” MenWorldFirstsSoulSelfStatesGovernmentLastsEvilLostNationsNaturalChanceAbilityPleasureLibertyMoralHonestThis WorldKingsDisciplineLimitsWeightBoundsCorruptionBoundariesGenuineRelaxEmpiresGoodsDividedDecayCommerceSelf DisciplineLicenseCompulsionDespotismProminentHamperMoral DecayHonest Government Author:Russell Kirk
“There can be no self-government without self-discipline. There can be no self-government without self-control. There can be no liberty unless it is grounded in moral discipline and the ability to do what is right.” SelfGovernmentAbilityLibertyMoralDisciplineSelf ControlSelf DisciplineGroundedSelf-governmentDiscipline And Self Control Author:Alan Keyes
“The growth of entrepreneurial classes throughout the world is an asset in the promotion of human rights and individual liberty, and it should be understood and used as such. Yet peace is the first and most important condition for continued prosperity and freedom. America's military power must be secure because the United States is the only guarantor of global peace and stability. The current neglect of America's armed forces threatens its ability to maintain peace.” WorldShouldFirstsHumansImportantStatesAmericaUsedIndividualForceGrowthAbilityUnitedLibertyClassUnited StatesRightsConditionsMilitaryUnderstoodHuman RightsCurrentsProsperitySecureNeglectAssetsStabilityPromotionEntrepreneurialArmed ForcesIndividual LibertyMilitary PowerGlobal Peace Author:Condoleezza Rice
“The theory behind representative government is that superior men-or at least men not inferior to the average in ability and integrity-are chosen to manage the public business, and that they carry on this work with reasonable intelligence and honest. There is little support for that theory in known facts.” MenLittlesFactsGovernmentAbilityBehindsKnownLibertySupportHonestTheoryIntegrityAverageChosenSuperiorsManageReasonableRepresentativesInferiorsSuperior ManRepresentative Government Author:H. L. Mencken
“Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.” MayWisdomTogetherPeaceGoalFreedomAbilityLibertyKnowledgeSecurityMilitaryHugeDifficultyAdversityMethodDefensePeacefulFarewellMachineryUfoKnowledgeableKnowledge WisdomCitizenryMilitary Industrial ComplexFarewell AddressTake Nothing For GrantedSecurity And Liberty Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few.” MenGovernmentEyeWealthAbilityPleasureLibertyMoralVirtueDemocracyIntellectualPropertyWitEvery ManCrueltyReputationSecureAnarchyProperty RightsDegeneratesMouldWantonCapriciousSubordinationMoral Virtues Author:John Adams
“Life itself, every bit of health that we enjoy, every hour of liberty and free enjoyment, the ability to see, to hear, to speak, to think, and to imagine- all this comes from the hand of God. We show our gratitude by giving back to Him a part of that which He has given to us.” ThinkingGivingShowsHandsSpeakGivenBitsEnjoyHoursAbilityLibertyImagineGratitudeEnjoymentGiving BackHands Of GodAbility To See Book:Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional Source: Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional
“The combination of the growth of these digital technologies, the ability of the government to conjure up these secret interpretations, plus a very unusual and novel court make for this ever-expanding surveillance state. We so treasure our freedoms; we will regret it if our generation doesn't use this unique time to reform the surveillance laws and make it clear that security and liberty are not mutually exclusive. We can do both.” IfsStatesUseGovernmentLawGrowthCan DoAbilitySecretLibertyTechnologyNovelClearGenerationsSecurityRegretUniqueCourtTreasureReformCombinationDigitalInterpretationPlusUnusualExpandingExclusiveSurveillanceOur GenerationDigital TechnologySurveillance StateSecurity And Liberty Author:Ron Wyden
“Each of us, Leonard Read said, must become candles of liberty in the darkness of collectivist ideas. The brighter we each shine through our understanding and ability to articulate the meaning of freedom, the more we will be beacons that can attract others.” SaidIdeasUnderstandingAbilityLibertyDarknessShiningCandleBrighterBeacons Book:The Conditions of Free Market Capitalism Source: The Conditions of Free Market Capitalism
“Liberty is the essential precondition for achieving virtue... In order to exercise virtue, we need to have the ability to choose freely.” NeedsOrderAbilityLibertyVirtueAchieveExerciseEssentialsAbility To Choose Author:Dinesh D'Souza
“What we face is a scared populace, and because it's scared, it's willing to put up with what I think are inevitably more moves toward the constriction of civil liberties, mobility within the country, the ability to travel overseas, all of those things we have long taken for granted.” ThinkingLongCountryFacesMovingAbilityLibertyTakenWillingScaredGrantedCivil LibertiesTaken For GrantedMobility Author:Michael Scheuer
“There is a certain hidden mediocrity in those who are stationed above us in life, an ability to take liberties in their pursuit of pleasures and diversions, without injuring the honor and respect we owe to them.” LifeCertainAbilityPleasureLibertyHonorRespectPursuitCertaintyMediocrityDiversionHonor And Respect Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“There is a moral virtue, a moral fidelity, ability and honesty, which other men, besides church members, are, by good nature and education, by good laws and good examples nourished and trained up in; so that civil places and trust and credit need not be monopolized into the hands of church members (who sometimes are not fitted for public office), while all others are deprived and despoiled of their natural and civil rights and liberties.” MenNeedsSometimesHandsLawNaturalChurchAbilityLibertyMoralVirtueRightsHonestyExampleMembersOfficeCreditCivil RightsDeprivedFidelityGood ExamplesPublic OfficeGood NatureMoral VirtuesChurch Members Author:Roger Williams
“I have the unique liberty as part of the Green Party that operates on the same terms. We have the ability to actually speak for everyday Americans. We are not controlled by major donors, by the influence of big banks, by fossil fuel giants, by war profiteers or insurance companies.” WarBigsSpeakTermAbilityPartyCompanyLibertyInfluenceMajorsUniqueGreenEverydayGiantsFuelControlledFossilsFossil FuelDonorsInsurance CompaniesGreen Party Author:Jill Stein
“We're fighting for LGBT rights and for women's rights and for Muslims and for refugees. Well, we shouldn't be fighting for those groups, we should be fighting for freedom and the liberties that are enshrined in our founding documents and that covers everybody: the woman's right to choose, the ability to be able to pursue happiness.” FightingAbilityLibertyLgbtRefugeeFighting For Freedom Author:Sam Rasoul