Quotes About Freedom

Government is a necessary evil

I think if you open the door to government control of television, then you let in a host of questions about rights.

No government can make me wear a veil, no government can force me not to wear it either

But on the contrary Wikileaks is under heavy attack by the government and corporations are participating in that by closing down their websites.

Those are governed best who are governed least.

Either we have the government forcing us and telling us what we have to do, where we have to do it and how much we have to pay for it or we put ourselves in charge - we as consumers, as patients.

We're a country that abhors the government. From Reagan on, many people think the government is the enemy in the United States.

The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion.

The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government.

We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.

I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.

In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.

Who can be against progress, after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can 'do' for you.

In 1923 there were no government benefits for immigrants except one: Freedom!

The First Amendment is about how we govern ourselves - not about how we titillate ourselves sexually.

The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual.

It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot

No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public devoted to the ideals of liberty.

The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose.

All forms of government ultimately are not going to succeed in trying to control or censor the Internet.

The way liberals are interpreting the First Amendment today is that it prevents anyone who is religious from being in government.

Political liberty is only good insofar as it produces private liberty.

Have the government get out of the way.