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By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.
The History of Freedom in Antiquity (1877)
A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first element of freedom.
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
Liberty becomes a question of morals more that politics.
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
The History of Freedom in Antiquity (1877)
No obstacle has been so constant, or so difficult to overcome, as uncertainty and confusion touching the nature of true liberty.
The History of Freedom in Antiquity (1877)
Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion, and it stands to the domestic feelings and to home-sickness as faith to fanaticism and to superstition.
Nationality (1862)
Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
Faith in Freedom : Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices (2004)
Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, two thousand four hundred and sixty years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race.
The History of Freedom in Antiquity (1877)
At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxiliaries whose objects often differed from their own; and this association, which is always dangerous, has been sometimes disastrous, by giving to opponents just grounds of opposition, and by kindling dispute over the spoils in the hour of success.
The History of Freedom in Antiquity (1877)