Quotes about Independence
The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.
— Ronald Reagan
Good government is no substitute for self-government.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The sheep are happier of themselves, than under the care of wolves.
— Thomas Jefferson
Don't depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that's what makes the difference.
— Margaret Mead
Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.
— Thomas Jefferson
Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.
— Thomas Jefferson
The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...
— Ronald Reagan
Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They're concerned about energy independence. They're concerned about functional government.
— Mike Huckabee
Those are governed best who are governed least.
— Thomas Jefferson
We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy.
— Wendell Berry
Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.
— Ronald Reagan