Citizens Quote by Michael Sandel

[T]he state should not impose a preferred way of life, but should leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values…

— Anonymous

“State can become threat to individual life, cause of individual liberty.”

— Kaushik

The state should avoid all solicitude for the positive welfare of its citizens, and not proceed a step further than is necessary for their…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

“Freedom from desire is the best of states.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

Liberty is the right to choose, freedom is the result of that choice.

— Nate

Once the state is looked upon as the source of rights, rather than their bound protector, freedom becomes conditional on the pleasure of the…

— Mary McCarthy

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

— Jules Renard

“if our rights are not unalienable, if they don’t come from a source higher than ourselves, then they’re malleable at the will of the…

— Mark R. Levin

“Decisions are free when each of us settles his path through life by negotiation, playing his cards according to his own best judgement and…

— Roger Scruton

The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness means that each of us is free to go our own way, even if…

— Dan Savage

I emphasize the reply that the liberty which a citizen enjoys is to be measured, not by the nature of the governmental machinery he…

— Herbert Spencer

The liberty the citizen enjoys is to be measured not by governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the paucity…

— Herbert Spencer