“After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the supreme power then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of…

“[S]hould Congress, under the pretext of executing its powers, pass laws for the accomplishment of objects not entrusted to the government, such [acts are] not the law of the land.” Justice John Marshal, (1755-1835) US Supreme Court Chief Justice. Source: McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S….

“Before the creation of the welfare state, immigrants who came to this country were for the most part attracted by America’s reputation as a land of freedom and opportunity. Laws and customs that then prevailed required immigrants to carve out…

“The freemen of America will remember, that it is very easy to change a free government into an arbitrary, despotic, or military one: but it is very difficult, almost impossible to reverse the matter – very difficult to regain freedom…

“Georgia’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ law is an all-out-attack on women that will strip them of their rights before many even know they are pregnant. I will fight to protect Roe v. Wade—abortion is health care.” Democratic U.S. Presidential Candidate Cory Booker, in a…

“To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens the moment they put foot in our country would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian horse into the citadel of our liberty and sovereignty.” Alexander Hamilton, Source: Alexander Hamilton,…

“A right is not what someone gives you; it’s what no one can take from you.” Ramsey Clark, (1927-) US Attorney General (1967-69). Source: New York Times, 2 October 1977. Source Reference Famous Ramsey Clark Quote

“Liberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men.” E. B. White, (1899-1985) American writer, contributor to “The New Yorker” magazine. Source: The Points of My Compass, 1960. Source Reference E. B. White…

“Socialism of any type leads to a total destruction of the human spirit.” Alexander Solzhenitsyn, (1918-2008) Russian novelist, Soviet dissident, imprisoned for 8 years for critizing Stalin in a personal letter, Nobel Prize for Literature, 1970. Source Reference Alexander Solzhenitsyn…

“But when no risk is taken there is no freedom.” Alan Watts, (1915-1973) British-American philosopher. Source: Tao: The Watercourse Way, 1975. Source Reference Alan Watts Quote

“The Right of all members of society to form their own beliefs and communicate them freely to others must be regarded as an essential principle of a democratically organized society.” Thomas I. Emerson, (1907-1991) Lines Professor of Law, Yale University, author. Source: Toward A…

“The human heart refuses to believe in a universe without purpose.” Immanuel Kant, (1724-1804) German philosopher. Source Reference Immanuel Kant Quote