Author | Lightnews

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 11d

“Liberalism has the necessary beliefs and arguments; all it requires is liberals with confidence to deploy them.” Michael Meadowcroft

1 1

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 12d

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy." Abraham Lincoln 1858

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 13d

“Nothing appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the ease with which the many are governed by the few and the implicit submission with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.” David Hume 1742

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 14d

“The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.” Oliver Wendell Holmes 1860

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 15d

“We are part of the community of Europe and must do our duty as such.” William Gladstone

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 16d

"I have never advocated or asked for special rights or special sympathy for working people. What I stand for is equal rights for all people.” Henry George

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 17d

“The elementary desire to be free is the force behind all liberties.” Ralf Dahrendorf

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 18d

“The outstanding merit of Liberalism as a political creed – that it stands for the general interest – means that the Liberal party, unlike both its rivals, cannot count on automatic support from any sectional interest. It must build its own organisation for itself and its ideals.” William Beveridge

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 19d

“True Liberalism isn't about free markets but free people. That's why Liberalism started in the movements to end absolute monarchy and despotism.

The real shibboleth of Liberalism is not the smallest possible state but the desire to empower each and every individual.” Stephen Richmond

1

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · 20d

“If liberalism is to mean anything at all, it is duty bound to support without hesitation the dissenting individual over the group, the heretic over the orthodox, innovation over stagnation, and free speech over offense.” Maajid Nawaz

1 1

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Sep 10

“The only part of the conduct of anyone for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.” John Stuart Mill 1859

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Sep 9

"High wages and universal reading are the two elements of democracy; where they coexist, all government, except the government of public opinion, is impossible." John Stuart Mill 1836

1 2

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Sep 8

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” Martin Luther King 1964

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Sep 7

“There are certain words which have a liberal resonance, but exclusively, but predominantly … fairness, openness, tolerance, compassion. I do not find them so well represented in other political philosophies.” Russell Johnston 1996

1 2

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Sep 6

Towards the goal of a more equal society we must never waver. Towards the goal or a more green and sustainable society we must never waver. Towards the goal of global peace and security we must never waver. Towards the goal of full electoral and political reform we must never waver.” Simon Hughes

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Sep 5

“How do you get to be a Liberal Democrat MP? It’s not as if you can be flown into a safe seat – because there aren’t any. So how do you become one? By being a nutter and working your socks off and doing the traditional Liberal Democrat grass roots building up a seat from nothing process.” Tim Farron

1

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Sep 4

“The object of community politics is not the welfare of communities themselves. Communities are not in themselves an end. The end is the quality of the experience of each individual within them..” Bernard Greaves and Gordon Lishman

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Sep 3

"The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty." Mahatma Gandhi

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Sep 2

“The repeal of the corn laws will be carried when people understand it. And when you understand it, if you are an honest person, you will feel it, if you feel it, at least as I have, you will not be able to be quiet without doing something to put down this great injustice.” Richard Cobden

1 1

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Sep 1

“The great problem of our civilisation is still unsolved. We have to account for and to grapple with the mass of misery and destitution in our midst, co-existent as it is with the evidence of abundant wealth and teeming prosperity.” Joseph Chamberlain

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Aug 31

“Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.” Isaiah Berlin

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Aug 17

“In the present day power holds a smoother language, and, whomsoever it oppresses, always pretends to do so for their own good.” John Stuart Mill (1869 - but could be 2025)

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Aug 16

"We believe that the problems in our country – and around the world – come not from individuals having too much control over their lives, but too little. That’s why the core of our mission as liberals is to put more power in people’s hands". Ed Davey

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Aug 15

"The questions the Social Reformer would ask are not one, but two. Has it tended toward equality? Then it is so far good. And, more important still, has this surrender of liberty secured a larger liberty for the individual? Has it given him a better and freer life? This is the test." Russell Rea

Liberal Quotes @liberalquotes.bsky.social · Aug 13

“No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.” Franklin Roosevelt 1938