Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) President of the Confederate States of America
David Hunter, letter to Jefferson Davis https://books.google.com/books?id=Jc8VCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 (1863)
As quoted in The Smart Culture: Society, Intelligence, and Law https://books.google.com/books?id=Jc8VCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59, by Robert L. Hayman, pp. 59&ndash;61 <br class="br">1860s, Letter to Jefferson Davis (1863)
Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) President of the Confederate States of America
David Hunter, letter to Jefferson Davis https://books.google.com/books?id=Jc8VCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 (1863)
Ken Schoolland (1950) American academic
The Philosophy of Liberty http://www.facebook.com/yourRights
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
September 23, 1777, p. 363
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III
Context: It must be agreed that in most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether slavery can ever be supposed the natural condition of man. It is impossible not to conceive that men in their original state were equal; and very difficult to imagine how one would be subjected to another but by violent compulsion. An individual may, indeed, forfeit his liberty by a crime; but he cannot by that crime forfeit the liberty of his children.
John Hospers (1918–2011) American philosopher and politician
Source: Libertarianism: A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow, (1971), p. 13
Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) French revolutionary lawyer and politician
"On the Condition of Free Men of Colour" (31 May 1791)
Horace Bushnell (1802–1876) American theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 89.
Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist
Source: (1776), Book I, Chapter VIII, p. 87.
Alan O. Ebenstein (1959) American political scientist, educator and author
Hayek's Journey: The Mind of Friedrich Hayek (2003)
“By the word "liberty" they meant liberty for property, not liberty for persons.”
Lewis H. Lapham (1935) American journalist
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 2, Protocols of Wealth, p. 33