“The lesson that Americans today have forgotten or never learned - the lesson which our ancestors tried so hard to teach - is that the greatest threat to our lives, liberty, property, and security is not some foreign government, as our rulers so often tell us. The greatest threat to our freedom and well-being lies with our own government!.” WellsHardGovernmentTodayLyingLibertyTeachOur LivesSecurityLessonsPropertyThreatForgottenWell BeingAncestorRulers Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“Liberty is only valued when it is threatened, therefore it is the threat that highlights the value. We should be grateful to the Nadir, since they heighten the value of our liberty.” ShouldValuesLibertyGratefulThreatBe GratefulThreatenedHighlightsNadir Author:David Gemmell
“All nonstate threats to life, liberty, and property appear to be relatively petty and therefore can be dealt with. Only states can pose truly massive threats, and sooner or later the horrors with which they menace mankind invariably come to pass.” StatesLibertyMankindHorrorPropertyThreatMassiveSooner Or LaterPettyMenace Author:Robert Higgs
“Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today. I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. 'Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion.' Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.” HeartArtIdeasRealTodayFormForceReligiousLibertyModernDeserveConsequenceCriticismThreatIslamStupidityTyrannyFearlessCodeParisPhrasesTragicSatireTotalitarianismDishonestyCharlieDisrespectMutationWeaponryCharlie Hebdo Author:Salman Rushdie
“Our liberties face a far greater threat from Hillary Clinton ... than from Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. I am not saying that for impact; I believe that to the core of my being.” BelieveFacesI BelieveLibertyGreaterImpactThreatClintonCoreSaddamHusseinBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:Neal Boortz
“The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one ... When we are badly frightened, we think we can make ourselves safer by sacrificing some of our liberties. We did it during the McCarthy era out of fear of communism. Less liberty is regularly proposed as a solution to crime, to pornography, to illegal immigration, to abortion, to all kinds of threats.” ThinkingKindLibertyRightsSacrificeSecurityCrimeSolutionsThreatImmigrationAll KindsCommunismErasImpulseAbortionIllegalFrightenedPornographyIllegal Immigration Author:Molly Ivins
“In fact, it's the greatest threat to liberty of all kinds, whether it is freedom of religion, whether it is freedom of speech, whether it is freedom of the press, whether it is freedom of association, all of the rights that are enshrined in the First Amendment are threatened by the active, aggressive homosexual lobby and the homosexual agenda.” FirstsKindFactsLibertyRightsSpeechPressesThreatActiveAll KindsAgendasAggressiveAssociationAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechThreatenedHomosexualFirst AmendmentFreedom Of The PressFreedom Of ReligionThreats To Liberty Author:Bryan Fischer
“Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.” PoliticalLeftLibertyViolenceThreatVicesDefenseFalsehoodExtremismDuplicityPolitical Extremism Author:George W. Romney
“The British Museum was founded with a civic purpose, to allow the citizen, through reasoned inquiry and comparison, to resist the certainties that endanger free society and are still among the greatest threats to our liberty.” StillsPurposeLibertyCitizensThreatBritishCertaintyComparisonMuseumsInquiryCivicsFree SocietyBritish Museum Author:Neil MacGregor
“What threatens civilization today is not war, but the changing conception of life values entailed by certain political doctrines. Only by recapturing the dream of human freedom and restoring the importance of the common man's liberties can that undermining threat to modern civilization be averted” MenHumansWarDreamTodayPoliticalCertainValuesCommonLibertyModernCivilizationImportanceThreatDoctrineConceptionCommon ManRestoringHuman FreedomUnderminingModern Civilization Author:Lin Yutang
“"Little Brother" sounds an optimistic warning. It extrapolates from current events to remind us of the ever-growing threats to liberty. But it also notes that liberty ultimately resides in our individual attitudes and actions. In our increasingly authoritarian world, I especially hope that teenagers and young adults will read it - and then persuade their peers, parents and teachers to follow suit.” WorldLittlesActionYoungIndividualParentSoundAttitudeLibertyTeacherGrowingEventsBrotherAdultsThreatNotesYoung AdultCurrentsOptimisticSuitsTeenagerWarningPeersLittle BrotherCurrent EventsParents And TeachersThreats To Liberty Author:Dan Gillmor
“The commitment to civil liberty is going to be reasserted strongly. But the concept of liberty is under attack, and our definition of insecurity, security and threats will change fundamentally. The depth of the attack on liberty will be felt painfully.” FeltLibertySecurityConceptsCommitmentThreatDepthDefinitionsInsecurityCivil Liberties Author:Ashraf Ghani
“The cost in terms of liberties lost and the unnecessary exposure to terrorism are difficult to determine, but in time it will become apparent to all of us that foreign interventionism is of no benefit to American citizens, but is instead a threat to our liberties.” LostDifficultTermLibertyCitizensCostBenefitsThreatDetermineTerrorismUnnecessaryExposureAmerican CitizensInterventionism Book:The Revolution: A Manifesto Source: The Revolution: A Manifesto
“[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
“If religion and churches are truly threats to our liberties, how did those liberties survive, and in such healthy condition, all those years of classroom prayer and Bible-reading?” IfsYearsChristianReadingChurchReligiousPrayerLibertyConditionsHealthyThreatClassroomBible Reading Author:William Murchison
“The threats are coming to this country, which will, of course, increase the massive industry known as the anti-terrorism industry, and crush our civil liberties and civil rights, And it's devouring our priorities here in communities all over the country which are in such disrepair and are so neglected in terms of public works and public services.” CountryCoursesTermCommunityKnownLibertyRightsIndustryIncreaseThreatTerrorismPrioritiesCivil RightsCrushMassiveNeglectedPublic ServiceCivil LibertiesDevouringAnti Terrorism Author:Ralph Nader
“Most comics are not truly rebellious or creatively free. Most comics, paintings, music, etc., are derivative of other, more successful works. And it's quite often that those without much rebellious spirit are the ones to imitate it. Genuine radical expression is hard to come by, but it usually crops up when money is not a motivating factor. You can take all the liberties you want when someone else's dime is not at stake. The validation is not a threat to comics. A far greater threat to the creative freedom of artists working in any medium is self-consciousness and self-censorship.” SpiritArtistLibertyCreativeSuccessfulPaintingThreatRadicalRebellious Author:Phoebe Gloeckner