LIBERALISMO

The only part of the conduct of anyone for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
John Stuart Mill

Liberalism is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence it is the noblest cry that has ever resounded on this planet
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they've stolen.
Mort Sahl

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy', and the other, 'tyranny'.
Karl Popper

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Voltaire

Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear.
William Gladstone

What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.
Confucius

There are no inferior races. All are destined equally to attain freedom. Alexander von Humboldt

Political freedom without voting rights is half a democracy; voting rights without political freedom has nothing to do with democracy.
Herbert Tingsten

Le libéralisme n'appartient pas aux nostalgies du passé mais au contraire aux nécessités du présent et aux espérances de l'avenir.
Jean Rey

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
Aristotle

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.
Thomas Jefferson