We must make the building of a free society once more an intellectual adventure, a deed of courage. — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. [Inaugural Address, January 20 1961] ” — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Clothes are a big part of a free society, I think, and what you wear is so indicative of the political climate… — Nazanin Boniadi Copy Share Image
I have cherished the ideal a democratic and free society . . . it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm embarrassed for us as a free society that we actually want people punished for saying things we don't like. — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
Our great progressive struggles have been waged to make sure ordinary citizens, and not just the rich and privileged, share in the… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
As intelligent and responsible filmmakers, working in a free society, we have a duty to ensure that our chosen medium is a… — David Puttnam Copy Share Image
Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
“A big philosophical breakthrough for me was the realization that my own freedom was not only possible, but far more important than… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
I think that when we believe that something is right, there's a serious ambivalence about it. On one hand, you say, because… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Since humans are by nature tribal, the overall goal is to expand the concept of the tribe to include ALL members of… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
Those of us lucky enough to have a share of privilege in the more free societies should not be asking this question,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
[Muslims] who are here and who are behaving according to our laws and our constitutions are happy to stay, are equal to… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
Collective unity is not the result of the brotherly love of the faithful for each other. The loyalty of the true believer… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The fact throughout history is that whenever government dominates the economic affairs of its citizenry, a free society is eroded, then destroyed,… — William E. Simon Copy Share Image
...this bill will require the creation of a Federal police force of mammoth proportions. It also bids fair to result in the… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
It was a privilege to be president and it is a privilege to be a former president and I believe that I… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
In a free society we're supposed to know the truth.. In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“Government surveillance is an egregious violation of personal autonomy, leaving in its wake not only legal ramifications but a trail of emotional… — James William Steven Parker Copy Share Image
“Violent ideologies speak their own language; core concepts are translated to maintain the system while appearing to support the people. Under carnism,… — Melanie Joy Copy Share Image
The black masses want not to be shrunk from as though they are plague-ridden. They want not to be walled up in… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“We need a laissez faire that will hold fast to the ends of autonomy and freedom of choice; one that will begin… — Robert A. Nisbet Copy Share Image
“An anarchist society is by definition a Free Society, but a Free Society is not necessarily Anarchist. It might fall short in… — Albert Meltzer Copy Share Image
“I want to suggest to you that citizens of free societies, democracies, do not preserve their freedom by pussyfooting around their fellow-citizen's… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“The principle of equality sums up the teachings of moralists. But it also contains something more. This something more is respect for… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
“Democracies, as we know, are prone to every error from incompetence and corruption to misguided fetishes and gridlock. Therefore, it is astonishing,… — Madeleine K. Albright Copy Share Image