Liberty Sacrifice Quotes

Alas, why will a man spend months trying to hand over his liberty to a woman--and the rest of his life trying to get it back again?

When you have war, whether it's a war against drugs, war against terrorism, war overseas, the mentality of the people change and they're more willing to sacrifice their liberties in order to be safe and secure.

Christians never shall employ the sword to protect property, character, liberty or life. Let the heathen rule us.

Sometimes they [people] throw off their freedom so quickly, you'd think it was burning them.

Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.

Laws are the terms by which independent and isolated men united to form a society, once they tired of living in a perpetual state of war where the enjoyment of liberty was rendered useless by the uncertainty of its preservation. They sacrificed a portion of this liberty so that they could enjoy the remainder in security and peace.

The story of the Western world since 1945 is that, invited to choose between freedom and government 'security,' large numbers of people vote to dump freedom every time - the freedom to make your own decisions about health care, education, property rights, and a ton of other stuff.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The sacrifice of our personal liberty for security is and will forever be a false choice.

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to run the risk of being less free.

We all want security …. But we don’t need to simplify the debate to such an extent that we simply say we have to give up our liberties.

Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.

The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.

If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost part of the very battle we seek to win?

The War on Drugs has failed - but it’s worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving in the shadows to which the drug trade has been consigned. People who genuinely need help can’t get it. Neither can people who need medical marijuana to treat terrible diseases. We are spending billions, filling up our prisons with non-violent offenders and sacrificing our liberties.

The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?