“Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses.” NeedsUseHandsGovernmentOpportunityEffortLibertyAdvantageAbuseIncreaseSelfishSelfishnessMental PowerDemagoguery Book:Conditions of Progress in Democratic Government Source: Conditions of Progress in Democratic Government
“There has been no organized effort to keep government down since Jefferson's day. Ever since then the American people have been bolstering up its powers and giving it more and more jurisdiction over their affairs. They pay for that folly in increased taxes and diminished liberties.” PeopleGivingHas BeensGovernmentEffortPayLibertyTaxesAffairOrganizedFollyJurisdiction Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“It may be that this autobiography [Aimee Semple McPherson's] is set down in sincerity, frankness, and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario.” MaySimpleEffortLibertyLakesSincerityAutobiographyStatuesFranknessStatue Of LibertyOntario Author:Dorothy Parker
“It's time to resist efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union who have conducted a religious lobotomy on this country, seeking to strip it of any vestige of religious influence.” CountryChristianReligiousEffortLibertyInfluenceUnionsSeekingCivil LibertiesLobotomy Author:Cal Thomas
“In The Federalist, James Madison called the rage for equality 'a wicked project.' People differ and rewards differ-that's the essence of both liberty and justice. No nation that rewards effort, talent, inventiveness and luck can even pretend to cherish equal outcomes. In an inventive and dynamic society, equal (even relatively equal) incomes can be achieved only by abandoning liberty for tyranny.” PeopleNationsJusticeEffortLibertyTalentEqualProjectsEssenceLuckRewardsRageTyrannyIncomeOutcomesWickedCherishMadisonFederalistLiberty And JusticeInventiveness Author:Michael Novak
“American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to rejecting every form of unjust discrimination. With countless other people of good will, they are likewise concerned that efforts to build a just and wisely ordered society respect their deepest concerns and their right to religious liberty.” PeopleFormIndividualCommunityReligiousEffortLibertyRightsBuildingConcernConcernedCatholicCommittedDiscriminationUnjustGood WillRejectingReligious LibertySafeguarding Author:Pope Francis
“The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition is so powerful that it is alone, and without any assistance, capable not only of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting 100 impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.” HumansLawIndividualNaturalWealthPowerfulEffortLibertyConditionsCapableProsperityLibertarianOperationsFollyLibertarianismAssistanceIndividual LibertyCarrying OnObstruction Author:Adam Smith
“The Idea of Anti-imperialism is... to be considered on several grounds. First, it is traditionally pervasive in the United States, though given its most extreme form in anti-Western academe. Second, it is used as a negative label for any effort by the United States, or the West, to encourage liberties, to block fanaticisms, and to make aid dependent on positive economic policies. Those concerned with the future development of their countries, and of the world, cannot afford to let obsolete resentments distort their aims.” WorldFirstsIdeasCountryStatesFormUsedGivenUnitedEffortLibertyUnited StatesEconomicPolicyDevelopmentConcernedNegativeAimWestWesternExtremesAidsBlockLabelsDependentResentmentImperialismFanaticismObsoleteEconomic PolicyFuture Development Author:Robert Conquest
“The hastily crafted [stimulus] bill, with its corrupt funding of ACORN and other favors, is a disgracefully irresponsible effort to expand the public sector, diminish the private sector, empower the autocrats, and further divest us of our individual liberties - all at the expense of present and future generations.” IndividualEffortLibertyGenerationsBillsFavorsEmpoweringExpensesDiminishFuture GenerationFundingStimulusIrresponsiblePrivate SectorIndividual LibertyAcornsPublic Sector Author:David Limbaugh
“Former Secretary (Hillary) Clinton has dedicated her life to serving and engaging people across the world in democracy. These efforts as a citizen, an activist, and a leader have earned Secretary Clinton this year's Liberty Medal.” PeopleWorldYearsEffortLibertyLeaderDemocracyCitizensClintonFormerServingActivistDedicatedSecretaryEngagingMedal Author:Jeb Bush
“All of our effort should be focused on protecting the religious liberties and freedom of conscience for those Americans that profoundly disagree with the decision.” ShouldReligiousDecisionEffortLibertyConscienceFocusedDisagreeFreedom And LibertyReligious Liberty Author:Carly Fiorina