The duties which a police officer owes to the state are of a most exacting nature. No one is compelled to choose… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
There are many things in America worth conserving. But I am one of those conservatives who believes the most important of those… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
“Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It became inescapable that as conservatives were wrong about people of color, they were also wrong about women. They were wrong about… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
Not so long ago people believed in ideologies, systems, and institutions to save all societies. Today, they have given up such hopes… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley tends to believe in the individual who creates a small group and does something big. Democracy is always frustrating, but… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The government ought to be in the business of delivering health, education, housing, and basic services to people without a lot of… — Ron Dellums Copy Share Image
Economic activity, especially the activity of a market economy, cannot be conducted in an institutional, juridical or political vacuum. On the contrary,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
By 1980, we knew it was time to renew our faith, to strive with all our strength toward the ultimate in individual… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
To reverse the trend and reduce the role of government in our lives, and thus alleviate the government deficit and inflation pressures,… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
“When Rob J. had prepared for citizenship he’d studied the United States Constitution and marveled at its provisions. Now he saw that… — Noah Gordon Copy Share Image
The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
“In other words, in 1919 relatively few people could become disenchanted with liberal modernity because only a tiny minority had enjoyed the… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Margaret Thatcher was a 20th century visionary who understood the power of individual freedom versus the tyranny of government collectivism. She was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Northeastern conservatism is moderate, accepts the modern welfare state, and dislikes mixing religion with politics. Western conservatism is hawkish, hates government, and… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
I venture on assuring you that I regard the design formed by you and your friends with sincere interest, and in particular… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
The love of individual freedom has stood in the way of the appreciation of social obligations. — Goparaju Ramachandra Rao Copy Share Image
Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal. — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
The demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Individual freedom and individual equality cannot co-exist. I dare say no one since Thomas Jefferson has really believed it. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
I believe in individual freedom and right to decide how and with whom I will live my life. — Dutee Chand Copy Share Image
If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The heart of the liberal philosophy is a belief in the dignity of the individual, in his freedom to make the most… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
In short, individual freedom of speech leads to a stronger society. But knowing that principle is not enough. You have to know… — Mike Godwin Copy Share Image
I developed the concept of the Happy Warrior as a rallying cry for those of us who want to restore America to… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables.… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government--a balance that favors greater individual freedom and… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
I represent what I think is a traditional Republican... a limited government, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, individual freedom and liberty. — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
I am not about to be a party to anything having to do with the law that is going to destroy individual… — George Wallace Copy Share Image
There is an increasing push to compartmentalize faith separately from our life in the public square - and it's not possible -… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. The indications… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“We certainly did—I do not deny it—have immeasurably more individual freedom, and we did not just welcome that, we made use of… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer, just as liberalism is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In the midst of all these innumerable forms of a common protest and universal ill-ease there has grown up one definite body… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
“In another generation the voice of the majority, the blind, brute force of numbers, will rule everything on Earth. What government there… — George Griffith Copy Share Image
