Balance Quote by Anthony de Jasay

The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.

— Douglas MacArthur

Freedom exists only with power.

— Friedrich Schiller

A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine…

— Oliver Ellsworth

Freedom is the supreme good; freedom from self imposed limitation.

— Elbert Hubbard

[G]overnment can, instead of extending freedom, restrict freedom. And note ... that the 'can' quickly becomes 'will' the moment the holders of government power…

— Barry Goldwater

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

— Baron de Montesquieu

A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in…

— Vaclav Havel

Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which…

— John C. Calhoun

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

— Edmund Burke

National sovereignty can only be achieved after self-sovereignty.

— Wes Studi

The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.

— Frederick Law Olmsted

Power has no limits.

— Tiberius