When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near

Quote by Will Durant

Topics: Liberty Quotes

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

The most interesting thing in the world is another human being who wonders, suffers and...

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She...

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

Men forget that a value judgment has a raison d'Ãªtre only as a preparation for...

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often...

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...

If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his...