“liberty, to define it, is nothing other than the absence of impediments to motion”
“The absence of God is nothing more than the absence of me.”
“Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.”
“We have, on the whole, more liberty and less equality than Russia has. Russia has less liberty and more equality. Whether democracy should be defined primarily in terms of liberty or equality is a source of unending debate.”
“fear is nothing more than the absence of faith!”
“Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.”