Quotes about Freedom
The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.
— St. Augustine
If we read the Bible asking first, 'What would Jesus do?' instead of asking 'What has Jesus done?' we'll miss the good news that alone can set us free.
— Tullian Tchividjian
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
— Alexander Hamilton
Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!
— Thomas Jefferson
We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
— Alexander Hamilton
To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
— Thomas Jefferson
Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.
— Henry David Thoreau
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
— Abraham Lincoln
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
— Thomas Jefferson
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
— Thomas Jefferson
It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
— CS Lewis
We who live in free market societies believe that growth and prosperity, and ultimately human fulfillment are created from the bottom up, not the government down.
— Ronald Reagan