Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except… — Henry Grady Weaver Copy Share Image
The more laws that governments pass, the less individual freedom there is. Any student of history will tell you that. Totalitarian countries… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Any nation or government that deprives an individual of freedom is in that moment committing an act of moral and spiritual murder.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Second, this law has become a special symbol of our Nation's most important purpose: to fulfill the individual - his freedom, his… — Lyndon B. Johnson 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
While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the basic philosophical tenets of conservatism - which says that the more power devolves from the federal government to the… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
The little platoon of the black community is the church. Our Christian faith is based on individual freedom from sin and the… — Allen West 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
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
America is fundamentally conservative. People want a strong national defense. They want low taxes. They want individual freedoms. There's no doubt that… — Liz Cheney Copy Share Image
Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the individual,… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the… — Joe Wurzelbacher Copy Share Image
Isn't our choice really not one of left or right, but of up or down? Down through the welfare state to statism,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Classical liberalism is the idea that individual freedom and limited government are the best way for humans to form a free society. — Dave Rubin Copy Share Image
The conservative movement was founded on core principles of liberty, individual freedom, limited government and building and promoting strong families. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom. — Ralph Hall Copy Share Image
Is the American tradition of self-reliance disappearing? That's a painful question for conservatives to ponder. After all, we're dedicated to reducing the… — Edwin Feulner 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
We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core… — Ronald Reagan 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 mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell… — Jack Nicholson 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
The Constitution was written to protect individual freedom and limit the ability of the government to encroach upon it. The liberals don't… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Individual freedom and drug laws contradict each other. In a genuinely free society, people are free to ingest whatever they want to… — Jacob G. Hornberger 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
I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as… — Martha Raye 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
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
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
You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as… — Ronald Reagan 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
