Classical liberalism is the idea that individual freedom…

“Anarchism has in common with Liberalism the idea that the happiness and prosperity of the individual must be the standard of all social matters.”

— Rudolf Rocker

“A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows that from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas of freedom. A…

— Henry Steele Commager

“The free market system of capitalism enhances freedom in three ways. Traditionally freedom of exchange has been seen as a basic form of individual…

— Cudd/Holmstrom

“John Locke says that whatever other tasks a government undertakes—whether humanitarian or otherwise—its primary duty is to protect its own citizens from foreign and…

— Dinesh D'Souza

... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not…

— Noam Chomsky

While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality of material…

— Anonymous

I represent what I think is a traditional Republican... a limited government, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, individual freedom and liberty.

— Olympia Snowe

I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as the concrete…

— Martha Raye

The conservative movement was founded on core principles of liberty, individual freedom, limited government and building and promoting strong families.

— Margaret Hoover

Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.

— John Bolton

“The American Revolution and its aftermath coincided with two great transformations in the late eighteenth century. In the political sphere, there had been a…

— Ron Chernow

There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.

— Herbert Marcuse

Individual freedom and drug laws contradict each other. In a genuinely free society, people are free to ingest whatever they want to ingest, no…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

To continue on the road we Americans have traveled for the past century is ultimately to deliver ourselves completely into the hands of an…

— Robert Higgs

“Beyond infrastructure, the conservative sees the proper role of government as providing not European-style universal entitlements but a firm safety net, meaning Julia-like treatment…

— Charles Krauthammer