I like the idea that there's no censorship, because it's consistent with my views that we live in a free society and… — Jerry Springer Copy Share Image
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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
The notion that the church, the press, and the universities should serve the state is essentially a Communist notion. In a free… — Alan Barth Copy Share Image
The danger to a free society is not the guns owned by the citizens but an unconstrained government… An armed society is… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
To be born in a free society and not to be born free is to be born into a lie. To be… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
The free society does not guarantee virtue, any more than it guarantees happiness. But it allows for the pursuit of both, a… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Yes, authority, coercion, and dependence rest on the mass, but never freedom or the free unfoldment of the individual, never the birth… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Americans and other Westerners who want their families to enjoy the blessings of life in a free society should understand that the… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
No single person, including the President of the United States, should ever be given the power to make a medical decision for… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I'm basically a libertarian. I don't want to restrict anyone from doing anything unless it's going to harm me. I don't want… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
Very few people really care about freedom, about liberty, about the truth, very few. Very few people have guts, the kind of… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
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I think it's an intellectual duty for a person who lives in a free society to read material not only with which… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
It is because freedom means the renunciation of direct control of individual efforts that a free society can make use of so… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
In a free society, the “vision thing” is left to private individuals; civil servants are kept on a tight leash, because free… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
I want people to take thought about their condition and to recognize that the maintenance of a free society is a very… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
A free society is regarded as one that does not engage, on principle, in attempting to control what people find meaningful, and… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
Should it be prohibited for private entities such as a church, bed and breakfast or retirement neighborhood that doesn't want noisy children?… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Expect the rapidly expanding homeschooling movement to play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to build a free society with… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated… — Richard Ebeling Copy Share Image
“In my opinion the immediate goal of even committed anarchists should be to defend some state institutions, while helping to pry them… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It [the internet] should be publicly controlled but Washington is not a system of public control, it's mainly a system of corporate… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hateful, blasphemous, prejudiced, vulgar, rude, or ignorant remarks are the music of a free society, and the relentless patter of idiots is… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Virtually all the trends that matter are making a mockery of the industry's ritual incantations about the values and virtues of a… — Hodding Carter III Copy Share Image
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
The liberal arts inform and enlighten the independent citizen of a democracy in the use of his own resources… They enlarge his… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics… — John McCain Copy Share Image
The terrorists believe that free societies are essentially corrupt and decadent and, with a few hard blows, they can force us to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
![“I'm basically a libertarian. I don't want to restrict anyone from doing anything unless it's going to harm me. I don't want [to] pass a law stopping someone from smoking. It's just too dangerous. You lose the concept of a free society. Since we are genetically so diverse and our brains are so…” quote by James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/james-d-watson-4724_aspiration_i-m-basically-a-libertarian-i-don-t-want_2546909.png)
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