When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It …
My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution. Barry Goldwater
Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964 (1909-1998)
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. …
When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. Thomas Jefferson
1826 (1743-1826).(Investor’s Business Daily, November 25, 1998)
We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and …
We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down. Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefiting from their success — only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, progressive, and free. Trust the people. This is the one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development. Ronald Wilson Reagan
President (September 29, 1981)
Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The …
Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal. Janet Reno
Former Attorney General,
My general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People … ought …
My general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People … ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to. Dick Cheney
August 2004, reported Sept 6, 2004, US News & World Report
The freedom to decide what kind of retirement to have, when to …
The freedom to decide what kind of retirement to have, when to cease working, how much to put aside for one’s retirement at various points in one’s life, and how to invest or utilize one’s contributions to one’s pension are all freedoms that go to the heart of the freedom and responsibility to shape one’s life. Daniel Shapiro
Philosophy professor, West Virginia University, Investor’s Business Daily, December 1, 1998
One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman. …
One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman. Mahatma Ghandi
Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own …
Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you. Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865), 16th president of the United States.
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his …
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression. Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine, 1795, 1737-1809.