Two forces which are the worst enemies of civil freedom are the absolute monarchy and the revolution

A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first element of freedom

In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities

Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity