“All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.” ThinkingWorldLibertySeriousPartnershipSeriousnessAlliancesSanctionsSerious Work Author:Benjamin Franklin
“You are wrong. The state and its existence are essential before everything else. All this preoccupation with liberty is not serious.” StatesExistenceLibertySeriousEssentialsPreoccupation Author:Habib Bourguiba
“What finally emerges from the 'clear and present danger' cases is a working principle that the substantive evil must be extremely serious and the degree of imminence extremely high before utterances can be punished...It must be taken as a command of the broadest scope that explicit language, read in the context of a liberty-loving society, will allow.” EvilLanguageJusticeLibertyPrinciplesCasesTakenClearDangerSeriousDegreesConstitutionCommandScopeUtteranceExplicit Author:Hugo Black
“[E]ncouraging the Muslim world, and particularly the Arab Muslim world, which is the heart of the global terrorist threat - to adopt democratic ways and to shine the light of liberty into its culture of medieval darkness is a pragmatic necessity for the future security of the civilized world. That is the reality behind the President's address. Only people in serious denial can be blind to this fact. Only liberals.” PeopleWorldWayHeartFactsRealityLightCulturePresidentBehindsLibertyDarknessSecuritySeriousBlindShiningThreatDemocraticTerroristDenialAddressesCivilizedMedievalPragmaticMuslim World Author:David Horowitz
“I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed the line supporting his legitimate authority from the legislative branch's authority. Now, to me that's a very serious matter if we believe, as America's founders, did that the separation of powers - not just in theory or in textbook but in practice in the actual functioning of government - is the linchpin of limited government and liberty.” BelieveI BelieveLibertySeriousJudgingAuthoritySeparationFoundersLimited GovernmentSeparation Of Powers Author:Orrin Hatch