The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others, and an unwillingness that any man, whether high or low, should be wronged and trampled…

Quote by William Ellery Channing

Topics: Freedom Quotes, Human Rights Quotes

The world is governed by opinion.

The world is governed by opinion.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather...

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather...

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather...

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather...

The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with...

The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with...

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual

True love is the parent of humility

True love is the parent of humility

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men....

To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men....

Life has a higher end,than to be amused.

Life has a higher end,than to be amused.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

Error is discipline through which we advance.

Error is discipline through which we advance.

True love is the parent of humility.

True love is the parent of humility.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order...

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order...

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity...

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity...

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society...

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society...

The state produced in the laboratory may be likened to a light doze, compared to...

The state produced in the laboratory may be likened to a light doze, compared to...

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican...

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican...