“Marriage is a fight to the death, before which the wedded couple ask a blessing from heaven, because it is the rashest of all undertakings to swear eternal love; the fight at once commences and victory, that is to say liberty, remains in the hands of the cleverer of the two.” TwoHandsFightingAsksHeavenLibertyCoupleVictoryBlessingEternalRemainsSwearUndertakingsEternal Love Book:The Physiology of Marriage Source: The Physiology of Marriage
“Liberty knows nothing but victories. Soldiers call Bunker Hill a defeat; but liberty dates from it though Warren lay dead on the field.” KnowsLibertyFieldsVictoryLaysDefeatSoldierHillsBunkersBunker Hill Book:Speeches, Lectures, and Letters Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters
“Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty.” IndividualLibertyVictoryAuthorityGainsDefeatRescueJudicialConvictsIndividual Freedom Author:Robert H. Jackson
“Love, if it be love indeed, asks no permission as to where it shall seek vantage ground or gain its victory - it is of all powers the most unfettered and the one which takes the widest course of largest liberty.” IfsCoursesAsksLibertyVictoryGainsPermission Book:Open Confession to a Man from a Woman Source: Open Confession to a Man from a Woman
“When the People contend for their Liberty, they seldom get anything by their Victory but new masters. Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good Terms.” PeopleTermLibertyMastersVictoryInsolent Author:Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
“Christ liveth in me. And how great the difference...instead of bondage, liberty; instead of failure, quiet victories within; instead of fear and weakness, a restful sense of sufficiency in Another.” ChristDifferencesLibertyVictoryQuietWeaknessBondageSufficiencyRestful Author:Hudson Taylor
“The Scalia seat is defense. We're not going to get any better than Justice Scalia. The best we can do is preserve constitutional victories like upholding the Second Amendment, like protecting religious liberty. But we're not going to get any better.” Can DoReligiousJusticeLibertyVictoryDefensePreservesSeatsAmendmentsSecond AmendmentReligious LibertyJustice Scalia Author:Ted Cruz