Anyone who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it may expect to be destroyed by it;… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“God can allow you to pass through storms and get to your success. But what the devil loves to do is to… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Different political views, even if they're all liberal, in the sense of supporting liberal constitutional democracy, undoubtedly have some notion of the… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora of laws… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Without doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for… — Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel Copy Share Image
It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword… — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
Our government has become too responsive to trivial or ephemeral concerns, often at the expense of more important concerns or an erosion… — William A. Niskanen Copy Share Image
Our current draconian laws prohibiting the use of marijuana by responsible adults are doubly flawed. Not only does such prohibition violate fundamental… — Nadine Strossen Copy Share Image
Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities to God are consigned to the dust bin of history. We grew from that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Government is nothing more than the combined force of society or the united power of the multitude for the peace, order, safety,… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“It is not true that the freedom of one man is limited by that of other men. Man is really free to… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Taxation, the very thing that had triggered the British civil wars, would do so again, this time in America. The taxes may… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
“[T]here is both an intrinsic and instrumental value to privacy. Intrinsically, privacy is precious to the extent that it is a component… — John W. Whitehead Copy Share Image
One of the challenges of a democratic government is making sure that even in the midst of emergencies and passions, we make… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
He gave me a copy of The Declaration of Independence, then he got a tattoo that says Give Me Liberty Or Give… — Randy Glasbergen Copy Share Image
I suppose we don't rely on comparison enough to tell us whom it is that we are talking to. We give people… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
My music is mostly for the music. And it gives the liberty to do anything which I want. And nobody limits me… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
Convinced that the people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty, and that they are not safe unless enlightened to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Collectivists see the world the way Mr. Magoo did—as one big blur. They homogenize people in a communal blender, sacrificing the discrete… — Lawrence W. Reed Copy Share Image
“Liberty is like those solid and tasty foods or those full-bodied wines which are appropriate for nourishing and strengthening robust constitutions that… — Rousseau Jean-Jacques Copy Share Image
You may pronounce the sentence upon me, honourable judge, but let the world know that in A.D. 1886, in the State of… — August Spies Copy Share Image
Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
The Lady with the Lamp, the Statue of Liberty, stands in New York Harbour. Her back is squarely turned on the USA.… — Claudia Jones Copy Share Image
Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they… — Charlie Dent Copy Share Image
The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain… — Walter Karp Copy Share Image
The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Activating is about changing people's perceptions of overlooked or invisible spaces. A building can become an archetype, invisible, like for a New… — Chris Jordan Copy Share Image
I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution of the United States there is on the earth. In my feelings I am… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The state should avoid all solicitude for the positive welfare of its citizens, and not proceed a step further than is necessary… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will tolerate the existence of a socialist community, but socialists can't tolerate a… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
But here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. He makes man ashamed of his… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
A people contending for life and liberty are seldom disposed to look with a favorable eye upon either men or measures whose… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The civil jury is the most effective form of sovereignty of the people. It defies the aggressions of time and man. During… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The benefits of the constitution and laws are alike for all; and the great Elohim has given me the privilege of having… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The English are probably more capable than most peoples of making revolutionary change without bloodshed. In England, if anywhere,it would be possible… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
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