Liberty And Justice Quotes

Liberty And Justice Quotes by Matt Groening, Edward Kennedy, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Louis D. Brandeis and many others.

I pledge impertinence to the flag waving, of the unindi

I pledge impertinence to the flag waving, of the unindicted co-conspirators of America, and to the republicans for which I can’t stand, one abomination, underhanded fraud, indefensible, with Liberty and Justice.. Forget it.
Matt Groening
For all my years in public life, I have believed that America must sail toward the shores of liberty and justice for all. There is no end to that journey, only the next great voyage. We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make.
Edward Kennedy
Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known and less fixed?
Alexander Hamilton
The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
James Madison
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Crime is contagious….if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law.
Louis D. Brandeis
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
Nelson Mandela
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
John Adams
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.
Thomas Jefferson
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
Baron de Montesquieu
At this moment in history, we are called to act as if we truly believe that liberty and justice for all is a desirable thing.
Starhawk
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson
Our armed forces will fight for peace in Iraq, a peace built on more secure foundations than are found today in the Middle East. Even more important, they will fight for two human conditions of even greater value than peace: liberty and justice.
John McCain
Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
Louis D. Brandeis
Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice.
Robert Green Ingersoll
The Pledge of Allegiance says “…with liberty and justice for all.” What part of “all” don’t you understand?
Patricia Schroeder
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Thomas Jefferson