A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say, in the process by which men educate their responses and learn to control their environment.

Men have been barbarians much longer than they have been civilized. They are only precariously civilized, and within us there is the propensity, persistent as the force of gravity, to revert under stress and strain, under neglect or temptation, to our first natures.

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

The facts we see depend on where we are placed and the habits of our eyes.

In the blood of the martyrs to intolerance are the seeds of unbelief

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.