Monday, December 12, 2011

Liberty Quotes


"Power gradually extirpates for the mind every humane and gentle virtue."-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Edmund.Burke.Quote.272C

"If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?" -- Tom G. Palmer (1956-) Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute Source: Myths of Individualism, Volume XVIII Number 5 Cato Policy Report p. 12 (September/October 1996).
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Tom.G..Palmer.Quote.2359

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." -- U.S. Constitution Source: Fourth Amendment.
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/U.S..Constitution.Quote.283A

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