The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The chief evil is unlimited government, and nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power. — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. — Plato Copy Share Image
I believe in limited government, less taxation and adherence to the Constitution. — Brian Mast Copy Share Image
The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves. — John Locke Copy Share Image
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The most misreported and misunderstood thing about the tea party is its political leanings. The tea party has no political leaning. It… — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
Between government in the republican meaning, that is, Constitutional, representative, limited government, on the one hand, and Empire on the other hand,… — Garet Garrett Copy Share Image
The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Economic freedom, limited government and unlimited respect for private property are essential elements for economic growth. — Javier Milei Copy Share Image
You've got to have free markets with limited government, with the proper amount of regulation where you don't jam entrepreneurship. — John Schnatter Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
A disturbing prospect looms before us as Americans consider the possibility of a second term for President Barack Obama. Millions of conservatives… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
When the 2010 election swept Republicans into office in a massive tidal wave, they were part of a philosophical and ideological change.… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came… — Jim DeMint Copy Share Image
Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare... they may appoint teachers in every state... The powers of Congress would… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Citizens ... should be practitioners of civic virtue in their conduct toward government. They should be ever willing to fulfill the duties… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
I went to my first national convention in 1976, when my family supported [Ronald] Reagan over [Gerald] Ford, so we've always been… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be… — Cesare Beccaria Copy Share Image
“the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call, DeVos defended the unlimited contributions. “Soft money,” she wrote, was just “hard-earned American dollars that Big… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
“Do I feel empathy for Trump voters? That’s a question I’ve asked myself a lot. It’s complicated. It’s relatively easy to empathize… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Soft money,” she wrote, was just “hard-earned American dollars that Big Brother has yet to find a way to control. That is… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
This oppressor/oppressed cultural Marxist thing is you're an authentic woman and an authentic black even only if you support liberal causes. If… — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
The word "democracy" is a Western word obviously. It doesn't exist in Arabic. Democratiya is a loan word. We in the Western… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
The right way is the greatest gratifier of human wishes ever come upon - when allowed to operate. It is as morally… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
“we now have a Leviathan state, far from the limited government the Founders envisioned.” — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
The left loves the courts. They hate constitutional limited government. — Dan Bongino Copy Share Image
I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image