Quotes on Threats To Liberty

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses a threat to liberty.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.