“We have plenty of freedom in this country but not a great deal of independence.” Ayn Rand, (1870-1950) Source: What This World Needs, 1954. Source Reference John W. Raper Quote

“Individualism regards man – every man – as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being.  Individualism holds that a civilized society, or any form…

“There is only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it.” Christopher Darlington Morley, (1890-1957). Source Reference Christopher Darlington Morley Quote

“The State… has had a vested interest in promoting attitudes that would tend to make us skeptical of our own abilities, fearful of the motives of others, and emotionally dependent upon external authorities for purpose and direction in our lives.” Butler D. Shaffer,…

“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is…

“In the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.” Alexander Hamilton, (1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury, Source: The Federalist No. 79. Source Reference Alexander Hamilton Quote

“You are not what you think you are; What you think – you are.” Red Pritchard. Source Reference Red Pritchard Quote

“Thoughts are free and are subject to no rule. On them rests the freedom of man, and they tower above the light of nature.” Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus, [Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim] (1493-1541). Source Reference Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus Quote

“English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be as tyrannical as an absolute monarch; and if the vigour of the nation is to continue unimpaired, each individual, each family, each…

“I tell you true, liberty is the best of all things; never live beneath the noose of a servile halter.” William Wallace, Scottish patriot, led a revolution against England’s King Edward I [Longshanks] c. 1300. Source Reference William Wallace Quote

“If I want to be free from any other man’s dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.” William Graham Sumner, (1840-1910) American academic and professor at Yale College. Source Reference William Graham Sumner Quote

“While rationalism at the individual level is a plea for more personal autonomy from cultural norms, at the social level it is often a claim – or arrogation – of power to stifle the autonomy of others.” Thomas Sowell, (1930-…