Quotes About Freedom

Authoritarian governments are now trying to ensure that the increasingly free flow of ideas and information through cyberspace fuels their economies without threatening their political power.

The people of America at some point are gonna have to realize that relying on government to fix everything is foolhardy.

Obamacare is not about health care. Obamacare is about the expansion of government and the total loss of freedom.

You call it a 'loophole' when the government still allows you some freedom.

Good government has to mean less government.

The smaller the government, the less the need to manipulate politicians.

I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.

Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract.

I believe - indeed, I know - that whatever is fine and beautiful in the human expresses and asserts itself in spite of government, and not because of it.

Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism.

I believe the role of government is to stand side by side with our citizens to help them realize their dreams, not tell citizens how to live their lives.

Let one state in the U.S. be free of government and overnight you would have an economic powerhouse.

You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be.

There is no reason for the government to limit political speech.

The more powerful government becomes, the more abuses it commits and the more lies it must tell.

Once a person becomes a government dependent, his moral standing to resist the expansion of government power is fatally compromised.

I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself.

It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.

I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.

My position is that it isn't government's job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do.

I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education.

Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

I cannot think of a country in which I would be happy with the government and dominant ideology and available propaganda.

For me the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.