Quotes About Independence

No, I'm not one (of those) people who votes for something then writes to the government to ask them to send us money. I did not request any stimulus money.

All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.

I've always been about less government.

I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn't be intrusive.

We can not continue to allow this over reliance on government to replace the cornerstone institution that has made the American experience possible.

The more independent mind you have the more your government will hate you! It is an honour for you to be hated this way!

Americans acknowledge that liberty is a gift of God, not an indulgence of government.

I don't want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I don't want to be controlled by the U.S.

People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them.

The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government.

Those are governed best who are governed least.

We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy.

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.

Self-ruled Taiwan cannot be expected to accept such an affront to the legitimacy of its government and the self-determination of the Taiwanese people.

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

It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot

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.

That is the trick of good government. To make folk desire to live in such a way that there is no need for its intervention.

Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.

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

Have the government get out of the way.

You see, here in America there's a reason why we celebrate the 4th of July and not April 15th because in America we celebrate our independence from the government, not our dependence on it.

That government is best which governs the least because its people discipline themselves.