“We enjoy freedom and the rule of law on which it depends, not because we deserve it, but because others before us put their lives on the line to defend it.” LawEnjoyBlackLinesFreedomLibertyDependsDeserveConstitutionRule Of Law Author:Thomas Sowell
“We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining our commitment to the rule of law, or our basic rights and liberties.” NeedsGivingLawCommunityLibertyRightsCommitmentDown AndTrackTerroristLaw EnforcementEnforcementRule Of LawNsaUnderminingBasic Rights Author:Barack Obama
“Government should enforce rule of law. It should enforce contracts, it should protect people bodily from being attacked by criminals. And when the government does those things, it is facilitating liberty. When it goes beyond those things, it becomes destructive to both human happiness and human liberty.” PeopleShouldHumansDoeGovernmentLawLibertyProtectCriminalsDestructiveContractsRule Of LawHuman Happiness Author:Grover Norquist
“Maybe I'm overly pessimistic, but most of Africa is a continent without much hope for its people... What [Africa] needs, the West cannot give. ...what Africans need is personal liberty...[and] guarantees of private property rights and rule of law.” PeopleNeedsGivingLawLibertyRightsPropertyWestGuaranteesContinentsRule Of LawPessimisticPrivate PropertyProperty RightsPersonal Liberty Author:Walter E. Williams
“The legal system we have and the rule of law are far more responsible for our traditional liberties than any system of one man one vote. Any country or Government which wants to proceed towards tyranny starts to undermine legal rights and undermine the law.” MenWantCountryGovernmentLawLibertyRightsVoteResponsibleTyrannyTraditionalOne ManRule Of LawLegal SystemLegal Rights Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
“George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.” HumansLawLibertyRightsWalkingInternationalHuman RightsScalesObligationAdministrationConventionsAssaultRule Of LawTreatiesCivil LibertiesWalking AwayProtocol Author:Bianca Jagger
“We are a product of our families, schools, and churches. Without the liberty and rule of law that characterize America, entrepreneurship would indeed be impossible. Any successful American who is not a patriot is a rank ingrate.” SchoolAmericaLawChurchLibertySuccessfulImpossibleProductsEntrepreneurshipOur FamilyPatriotRule Of LawIngrates Author:Rich Lowry
“For Dicey, writing in 1885, and for me reading him some seventy years later, the rule of law still had a very English, or at least Anglo-Saxon, feel to it. It was later, through Hayek's masterpieces "The Constitution of Liberty" and "Law, Legislation and Liberty" that I really came to think this principle as having wider application.” ThinkingFeelsWritingYearsStillsLawReadingLibertyPrinciplesConstitutionApplicationLegislationMasterpieceSeventiesRule Of LawHayekAnglo Saxon Author:Margaret Thatcher
“The foundations of liberty are private property and the rule of law; this system guarantees the fewest possible forms of injustice, produces the greatest material and cultural progress, most effectively stems violence and provides the greatest respect for human rights. According to this concept of liberalism, freedom is a single, unified concept. Political and economic liberties are as inseparable as the two sides of a medal.” HumansTwoFormLawPoliticalSidesLibertyRightsProgressViolenceEconomicProduceMaterialsConceptsFoundationPropertyInjusticeHuman RightsLiberalismGuaranteesStemMedalRule Of LawInseparableTwo SidesPrivate PropertyUnified Author:Mario Vargas Llosa
“One of the challenges of a democratic government is making sure that even in the midst of emergencies and passions, we make sure that rule of law and the basic precepts of justice and liberty prevail.” GovernmentLawPassionChallengesJusticeLibertyDemocraticMidstEmergenciesRule Of LawDemocratic Government Author:Barack Obama
“Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the rule of law, due process, liberty, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, separation of church and state, and separation of government powers into branches that oversee each other's authority.” MeanStatesGovernmentLawProcessChurchLibertyCenturyCreationSpeechAuthorityPressesPhilosopherBritishDuesSeparationBranchesLiberalismFreedom Of SpeechChurch And StateAssemblyRule Of LawSeparation Of Church And StateLimited GovernmentFreedom Of The PressFreedom Of ReligionDue ProcessFreedom Of Assembly Book:A Manual for Creating Atheists Source: A Manual for Creating Atheists
“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
“This going on and on about how terrible a carbon-based economy is, these people are full of crap. They don't know what they're talking about. Their motives are not necessarily good just because they say they are being good. It's peace, love, and understanding. To which I can just say, "Shut up." Human liberty, rule of law, and free markets fix this stuff. It isn't necessary to go around being the Mia Farrow of the ecosphere.” PeopleKnowsHumansI CanLawStuffUnderstandingTalkingLibertyEconomyTerribleBe GoodMotiveCrapShut UpCarbonFree MarketRule Of LawPeace LoveMia Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“NATO is based on shared values. Democracy, individual civil liberties and the rule of law. In public and also in meetings with the allies, I have repeatedly pointed out how crucial these common values are. They are the basis for our unity, and unity is the most important basis for our strength.” ImportantValuesIndividualCommonLibertyDemocracyMeetingsUnityRule Of LawCivil LibertiesNato Author:Jens Stoltenberg
“We have less civil liberties than we had on 9/ 1 1 in some significant ways. But we are also, I believe, less safe as a result in many instances of the sacrifice in human rights, civil liberties, and the rule of law that (the Bush) administration has adopted.” BelieveI BelieveLibertySacrificeHuman RightsSignificantAdoptedRule Of LawCivil Liberties Author:David D. Cole