Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [981-1000] of 1279 Liberty quotesLiberty QuotesLiberty Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare.~ Ronald Reagan Tyranny, like fog in the well known poem, often creeps in silently 'on little cat feet.'~ Ronald Reagan Man is not free unless government is limited.... As government expands, liberty contracts.~ Ronald Reagan Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: 'We the people.' 'We the people' tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us. 'We the people' are the driver, the government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world's constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which 'We the people' tell the government what it is allowed to do. 'We the people' are free. This belief has been the underlying basis for everything I've tried to do these past eight years.~ Ronald Reagan Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things. It is the continuous revolution of the marketplace. It is the understanding that allows us to recognize shortcomings and seek solutions.~ Ronald Reagan If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals -- if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.~ Ronald Reagan Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer. It´s so hard for government planners, no matter how sophisticated, to ever substitute for millions of individuals working night and day to make their dreams come true. The fact is, bureaucracies are a problem around the world.~ Ronald Reagan We've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion but what's important. If we forget what we did, we won't know who we are. I'm warning of an eradication of the American memory that could result, ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit.~ Ronald Reagan Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.~ Ronald Reagan Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself. ... [I] hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.~ Ronald Reagan Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue of centralized bureaucracy, of government by a self-anointed elite.~ Ronald Reagan When you start talking about government as 'we' instead of 'they,' you have been in office too long.~ Ronald Reagan I just wanted to speak to you about something from the Internal Revenue Code. It is the last sentence of section 509A of the code and it reads: 'For purposes of paragraph 3, an organization described in paragraph 2 shall be deemed to include an organization described in section 501C-4, 5, or 6, which would be described in paragraph 2 if it were an organization described in section 501C-3.' And that's just one sentence out of those fifty-seven feet of books.~ Ronald Reagan If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.~ Ronald Reagan One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.~ Thomas B. Reed Restraint of government is the true liberty and freedom of the people.~ John P. Reid The constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.~ Rhode Island Declaration of Rights Article I, Section I If you give me six lines written by the most honest man, I will find something in them to hang him.~ Cardinal Richelieu It is embarrassing to have to remind people of this in the United States of America. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson singled out three natural rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The last phrase, appearing instead of "property," has prompted much discussion. I cannot say what Jefferson was thinking. But here's a plausible theory: Property is already implicit in liberty. If you are free, you can use your belongings as you see fit. But by specifying the pursuit of happiness Jefferson might have been pointing out that the blessing of liberty need not be justified through selfless service to others. One's life and happiness on earth are justification enough.~ Sheldon Richman Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty.~ Henry Martyn Robert Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print