“While Democrats fussed with the details of health care reforms, conservatives spent months telling the nation that the real issue is freedom, that what's on the line is American liberty itself.” RealCareNationsLinesLibertyIssuesMonthsDemocratDetailsReformHealth CareAmerican LibertyHealth Care Reform Author:Thomas Frank
“One of the worst consequences politically would be for the majority of Democrats to vote for someone who, in the near future, would overturn well-established precedents on clean air, clean water, privacy, equal opportunity and religious liberty.” WellsWould BeOpportunityWaterReligiousLibertyAirWorstEqualConsequenceVoteMajorityCleanDemocratPrivacyCleanlinessPrecedentEqual OpportunityReligious LibertyClean WaterClean Air Author:Ralph Neas
“Those of us who have the privilege to serve this country have an obligation to do our job as best we can. We come from different parties, but we are Americans first. And that's why disagreement cannot mean dysfunction. It can't degenerate into hatred. The American people's hopes and dreams are what matters, not ours. Our obligations are to them. Our regard for them compels us all, Democrats and Republicans, to cooperate, and compromise, and act in the best interests of our nation - one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” PeopleFirstsMeanDifferentCountryMatterDreamJobsNationsInterestJusticePartyLibertyRepublicanHatredRegardDemocratPrivilegeObligationCompromiseWhat MattersDisagreementDegeneratesHopes And DreamsIndivisibleDysfunctionLiberty And JusticeJustice For AllOne Nation Under GodLiberty And Justice For All Author:Barack Obama
“The Democrats and Republicans stand at two extremes, characterized by which parts of our lives they emphasize their desire to control. Libertarians reject both extremes in favor of the government leaving control of your life to you.” TwoGovernmentDesireLibertyOur LivesRepublicanDemocratLeavingExtremesLibertarianFavorsRejectsTwo ExtremesControl Of Your Life Author:Michael Badnarik
“The Statue of Liberty means everything. We take it for granted today. We take it for granted. Remember the Statue of Liberty stands for what America is. We as Democrats have to remind ourselves and remind the country the great principles we stand for. This is a place of protection. This is not a country of bullies. We are not an empire. We are the light. We are the Statue of Liberty.” MeanCountryLightTodayAmericaRememberLibertyPrinciplesDemocratProtectionGrantedEmpiresBullyStatuesStatue Of Liberty Author:Jerry Springer
“Every man that tried to destroy the Government, every man that shot at the holy flag in heaven, every man that starved our soldiers... every man that wanted to burn the negro, every one that wanted to scatter yellow fever in the North, every man that opposed human liberty, that regarded the auction-block as an altar and the howling of the bloodhound as the music of the Union, every man who wept over the corpse of slavery, that thought lashes on the naked back were a legal tender for labour performed, every one willing to rob a mother of her child - every solitary one was a Democrat.” MenHumansChildrenWarGovernmentWantedMotherHeavenLibertyHistoryWillingHolyShotsSlaveryUnionsDemocratSoldierEvery ManNakedBlockCivil WarLabourYellowFlagsSolitaryCorpsesAltarsFeverAmerican Civil WarLashesAuctionsYellow FeverBloodhounds Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind.” MeanCountryWholeLibertyDemocracyMankindDemocrat Book:All Men Are Brothers Source: All Men Are Brothers
“Republicans are horrible with civil liberties, and not so good with dollars and cents. Democrats are horrible with dollars and cents, and not so good with civil liberties.” LibertyRepublicanDollarsDemocratHorribleCentsCivil Liberties Author:Gary Johnson
“I will tell you whom to vote for: We will vote for the principles of civil and religious liberty, the man who knows the most and who has the best heart and brain for a statesman; and we do not care a farthing whether he is a Whig, a Democrat, a Barnburner, a Republican, or a New Light or anything else.” KnowsMenHeartLightCareReligiousBrainLibertyPrinciplesHe ManRepublicanVoteDemocratStatesmenReligious LibertyHeart And Brain Author:Brigham Young
“If you see the rhetoric from coming out of the Democrats is that they're pro-civil liberties, and an important part of civil liberties is respect for the First Amendment and the rule of law, and that has broken down under the Obama administration, and Hillary Clinton was part of that process.” IfsFirstsImportantLawProcessLibertyBrokenClintonDemocratAdministrationComing OutAmendmentsRhetoricFirst AmendmentRule Of LawCivil LibertiesBroken Down Author:Julian Assange
“The Senate, compared to the House, is where things are supposed to slow down, by design, Founding Father design. The Founding Fathers were hell-bent to stop government action. The Constitution limited government. And that's why people like Obama and Democrats call it a charter of negative liberties because it limits government. It's an anti-government, pro-citizen document. And the founders wanted to make it hard.” PeopleHardGovernmentActionWantedFatherHouseLibertyHellDesignCitizensLimitsNegativeConstitutionDemocratSenateFoundersDocumentsBentFoundingSlow DownLimited GovernmentCharterAnti Government Author:Rush Limbaugh