Pastoral Resources

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest.

And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever.

Socialism values equality more than liberty.

If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged.

Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They can also help us live up to the basic ideals, such as liberty and justice for all, on which our country was founded.

I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.

America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions of Americans but it is also the triumph of an idea larger than any one person, larger than any one nation.

A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure.

I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens.

While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.

Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty.

Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.