Quotes for liberalism Flashcards
JS Mill
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community against his will is to protect others
Thomas Paine
The state is a necessary evil
Adam Smith
Every individual neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. He intends only his own security, and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain. It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard for their own interests
John Locke
Where there is no law, there is no freedom
Thomas Jefferson
When the people fear the govt there is tyranny, when the govt fears the people there is liberty
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
The govt is best which governs least
Betty Friedan
A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man’s advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all
Mary Wollstonecraft
A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle
Jeremy Bentham
The greatest happiness for the greatest number
