The real democratic American idea is not that every man shall be on a level with every other man but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him without hindrance.
The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.
For all my years in public life I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.
The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you o Liberty do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you but win you.
Most importantly nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
If you ask me to summarise our mission I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.
If technology has finally caught up with individual liberty why would anyone who loves freedom want to rethink that?
We need international support so that our people live a life of normality of dignity of liberty and freedom. I hope that our cry for freedom may be heard.
In short is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?
Our Founders warned against this. They said don't... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they um get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government liberty is done freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there.
Strong generous and confident she has nobly served mankind. Beware how you trifle with your marvellous inheritance this great land of ordered liberty for if we stumble and fall freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.
Liberty freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words but human rights is very specific.
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty and freedom. It is the history of our nation and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it.
Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator - life liberty and freedom.
Now do I think there has to be shared sacrifice among other nations in the world who want a stable and secure world? Absolutely there has to be. But I don't think that America can ever abdicate its leadership role in the world because of who we are and where we've come from. We are the symbol for the world for freedom and liberty.
If one is going to err one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.