Quotes About Independence

The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding.

May it be to the world... to assume the blessings and security of self-government.

We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if it will not mend.

To expect the government to save you is to be a bystander in your own fate.

The worst prohibition, it must be said, is a prohibition on thinking - and that, sadly, is what the U.S. government is guilty of today.

We need a government that does not give in to a globalist agenda, an agenda I am now convinced seeks to bring American as a sovereign nation and the middle class to their knees.

The less government we have the better.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

I'm saying the federal government is taking away the freedom of Americans to make choices.

It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able to preserve our self-government if we will but think so.

For me all governments are my enemies and I've never made any bones about it any other way other than directly, and I don't fly the left flag or the right flag, me, I'm common sense.

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

Governments can't keep looking over the shoulder or at the constellation of stars. You have got to do what you have got to do.

As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government.

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.

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.

When governments claim to derive their authority from any source other than the governed, it always leads to the destruction of liberty.

Go and try to start your own government in the United States today and you'll be squashed very quickly.

When you are facing the wilderness on your own, you have a totally different attitude to someone who works in government or who has a monthly cheque.

Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They're concerned about energy independence. They're concerned about functional government.

The only true resistance to this Government... [is] to cease to co-operate with it.

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.