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More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes. -- Todd Akin
The people of America need personal responsibility and freedom, not dependency on the government. -- George Allen
Americans cherish our liberty and don't want government or corporations to take away our freedoms. -- Christine Pelosi
Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom. -- Alan Dershowitz
The real cure for what ails our health care system today is less government and more freedom. -- Steve Forbes
Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well. -- Rand Paul
As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom. -- Esther Dyson
I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family. -- Jesse Helms
Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through. -- Luis Fortuno
Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous. -- Jose Rizal
Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press. -- Katharine Graham
We Americans unite faith and freedom in asserting that our liberties are your gift, God, not that of government. -- Meir Soloveichik
President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom. -- Ralph Hall
Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom. -- Amity Shlaes
Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands individual responsibility. -- Lyn Nofziger
I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe that the more government grows, the less freedom Americans have. -- Ed Royce
Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy. -- Corazon Aquino
Net neutrality was essential for our economy; it was essential to preserve freedom and openness, both for economic reasons and free speech reasons, and the government had a role in ensuring that Internet freedom was protected. -- Julius Genachowski
Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent. -- Alan Dershowitz
I think the American people have become more reliant upon government and less reliant upon themselves and that they now tend to put security ahead of freedom, but I think freedom is the most important aspect of our lives. -- Lyn Nofziger
As government grows, freedom recedes. -- Thomas Jefferson
Government is the natural enemy of freedom. -- Garet Garrett
The government continues to erode our freedom. -- Diane Black
Liberty is always freedom from the government. -- Ludwig von Mises
Government is the enemy of conservatism and freedom. -- Ron Paul
Freedom exists only where the people take care of the government. -- Woodrow Wilson
Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government. -- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
In 1923 there were no government benefits for immigrants except one: Freedom! -- Rick Santorum
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. -- Bertrand Russell
Terrorists can only take my life. Only my government can take my freedom. -- Bruce Schneier
You call it a 'loophole' when the government still allows you some freedom. -- Ludwig von Mises
We believe that human happiness requires freedom and that freedom requires limited government. -- Charles A. Murray
A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them. -- Oliver Ellsworth
Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. -- John Bolton
We cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax. -- Frank Chodorov
Any government which fears freedom of speech and expression, should fear the internet more. -- Robert Black
Freedom works, and government, when it grows beyond the barest minimum, keeps people poor. -- John Stossel
I'm saying the federal government is taking away the freedom of Americans to make choices. -- Paul LePage
A government run by billionaires for billionaires is an affront to freedom, morality, and humanity. -- Michael Moore
In the Islamic government all people have complete freedom to have any kind of opinion. -- Ruhollah Khomeini
My message is simple - freedom works a lot better than the authoritarian style of government. -- Ron Paul
America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. -- Sylvia Earle
Let us first of all frugality in government-peace and freedom we will have as a bonus. -- Frederic Bastiat
Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance. -- William Jennings Bryan
There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them. -- Ludwig von Mises
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom. -- Ludwig von Mises
Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination. -- Herbert Hoover
Many evangelicals believe religious freedom, if not religion itself, faces major problems with the government in the future. -- Joel Hunter
No government on earth can make men, who have realized freedom in their hearts, salute against their will. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me. -- Rick Scott
Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away. -- Ernest Istook
America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long. -- Ron Paul
The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom. -- Ronald Reagan
But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever. -- John Adams
Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone. -- Harry Browne
The question then will be, whether a consolidated government can preserve the freedom and secure the rights of the people. -- George Mason
Liberty should be understood as freedom from the government, specifically, freedom from the initiation of physical force by the government. -- George Reisman
Big Government is the small option: it's the guarantee of smaller freedom, smaller homes, smaller cars, smaller opportunities, smaller lives. -- Mark Steyn
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We wish for a broad-based government with the active participation of women, which will promote freedom and equal rights for women -- Sima Samar
I represent what I think is a traditional Republican... a limited government, fiscal responsibility, strong national defense, individual freedom and liberty. -- Olympia Snowe
There is in government a living impulse to extend itself indefinitely; and there is in freedom a necessity to resist that impulse. -- Garet Garrett
We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that. -- John O. Brennan
You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be. -- Franz Grillparzer
I really didn't know much about the Libertarians. I knew they were for less government and more individual freedom. I liked that. -- Howard Stern
Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom. -- Hillary Clinton
We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government--a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance. -- Gerald R. Ford
The war for freedom will never really be won because the price of freedom is constant vigilance over ourselves and over our Government. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how much the government controls the economic system, any problem will be blamed on whatever small zone of freedom that remains. -- Sheldon Richman
It is unthinkable that a national government which represents women should ignore the issue of the right of all women to political freedom. -- Lucy Burns
Freedom unexercised may be freedom forfeited. The preservation of freedom is in the hands of the people themselves - not of the government. -- Margaret Chase Smith
Marriage partners, not government, should define the terms and spiritual orientation of their union in accordance with our nation's guarantee of religious freedom. -- Michael Badnarik
If government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and more freedom. -- John Stossel
The freedom enjoyed in Western society under the rule of law and constitutional government explains both the quality of its civilization and its wealth. -- Paul Johnson
It is past time for the U.S. government to fully fulfill our moral obligation to those who have fought for freedom and democracy. -- Tim Ryan
Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government. -- Lee Kuan Yew
We urge all people to recognize that religious freedom requires not trying to use the power of government to force religious ideas on others. -- Ed Buckner
The right is absolute ... government has no authority to forbid me from owning a firearm ... the debate is not about guns. It is about freedom. -- Tom McClintock
Our founding fathers could not have foreseen that freedom of the press might eventually be threatened just as much by media consolidation as by government. -- Marshall Herskovitz
Not in government or force, not in slavery or war, but in the creative, and thereby spiritual, power of freedom, shall our inspiration be found. -- F. A. Harper
Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations. -- Jim DeMint
The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them. -- Thaddeus Stevens
Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. -- Linda Chavez
The Obamacare contraception mandate was never about freedom. It was always about pitting secularism against religion, and using the power of government to sponsor secularism. -- Ben Shapiro
I follow a set of principles; I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty. -- Justin Amash
Freedom is the default position. Everything the government does takes away some of our freedom... That's why we have a constitution, to restrain the government. -- Andrew Napolitano
I follow a set of principles, I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom and individual liberty. -- Justin Amash
Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand for personal freedom. -- Willie Nelson
Securing freedom has been a singular commitment of American presidents and patriots in and out of government for generations. But its perpetual continuation is not guaranteed. -- George Nethercutt
Peoples nurtured on freedom and self-government judge any other form of polity to be deformed and unnatural. Those who are used to monarchy do the same . -- Michel de Montaigne
We fought for freedom together. We had no government, no weapons to help us. We defeated such a big empire without any government, without any arms. -- Narendra Modi
The United States government has always been proud of the welcome it has extended to good men of every nation, seeking freedom and homes and bread. -- John Muir
I condemn all incidents of violence where religious minorities were targeted, no religious group can incite violence ... my government will ensure there is complete freedom of faith. -- Narendra Modi
Government is a guarantor of liberty and is compatible with liberty only if its range is adequately restricted to the preservation of what is called economic freedom. -- Ludwig von Mises
Ideally, government is the means by which all the individual wills are assured complete freedom of moral choice and at the same time prevented from ever clashing. -- W. H. Auden
[I]n my own case at least I feel my professional need for freedom of speech and expression prejudices me toward a government whose constitution guarantees it. -- John Updike
We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment from God. -- John Ashcroft
I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots. -- Johnny Depp
Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all. -- Rosa Luxemburg
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. -- Hubert H. Humphrey
Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press. -- Hugo Black
Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press -- Hugo Black
Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to be free. -- Harry Browne
I was ecstatic when they re-named "French fries" as "freedom fries." Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots." -- Johnny Depp
What the USA Freedom Act did is it did two things. Number one, it ended the federal government's bulk collection of phone metadata of millions of law-abiding citizens. -- Ted Cruz
Freedom for the government is enslavement for the people. When the government is free the people are enslaved. When the government is contained then the people are free. -- Stefan Molyneux
We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance. -- Calvin Coolidge
While preaching against every kind of government, and demanding complete freedom, we must support all struggles for partial freedom, because we are convinced that one learns through struggle, -- Errico Malatesta
I consider myself a kind of a one-man government-in-exile. I don't want to call it a government - let's call it one man's idea of American freedom in exile. -- Michael Moriarty
The Libertarian position on the freedom of speech is a strong support of freedom of speech, and we oppose government intervention in controlling what is or is not moral. -- Michael Badnarik
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Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less. -- Ron Paul

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