Pastoral Resources

It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted up into the light of the highest Christian civilization, are, first, a pure, spiritual Christianity, and second, civil liberty.

Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare.

I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.

Personal liberty is not personal license.

This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural.

Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.

The common Notions of Liberty are not from School Divines, but from Nature.

If we hold true to our ideals and our commitment to freedom, this generation of servicemen and women will have extended liberty to the Iraqi people, just as previous generations of Americans have all across the globe.

The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand.

Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

Too much liberty corrupts us all.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.

When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

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.

For the next century, the Republicans have agreed that we will promote the dignity and future of every individual by building a free society under a limited, accountable government that protects liberty, security and prosperity for a brighter American dream.

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.