Lionel Shriver Quotes

There ought to be limits to freedom.

Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.

Liberty is the right to do what I like; license, the right to do what you like.

I want freedom and I realize that the only way to get it is to quit breaking the law.

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another.

Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man's nose begins.

I cannot tell everyone what they must say or what they must not say. Everyone is the owner of their own words.

Liberty and responsibility are inseparable.

We are not naughty children, and the state is not our parent.

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.

Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

Personal liberty is not personal license.

No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.

Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

The simple truth is that everyone has an opinion, everyone has the right to voice it, and they should if they want to.

I'm so lucky to have been raised the way I have, because my parents believed that everyone had the right to their own feelings, opinions, and existence; as long as they weren't harming others, you had to defend those rights.