“Here is the Golden Rule of sound citizenship, the first and greatest lesson in the study of politics: You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you give the State…

“A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.” Barry Goldwater, (1909-1998) US Senator (R-Arizona). Source Reference Barry Goldwater Quote

“Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.” Elie Wiesel, (1928-) Author, Nobel Peace Prize 1986. Source Reference Elie Wiesel Quote

“He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.” Salvador de Madariaga,…

“My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. That government is best which governs least.” Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President. Source Reference Thomas Jefferson…

“The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. They are more: they are the best basis of public liberty, and the strongest bulwark…

“By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.” Lord Acton, [John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton] (1834-1902), First Baron…

“The Declaration of Independence is the all-time masterpiece of ideological simplification. There in a single sentence of self-evident truth, the founding Fathers put into clear, easily understandable focus, the broad basis of man’s relationship to God, to government, and to his fellow man.” Clarence Manion, (1896-1979) American conservative…

“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) US Founding Father. Source Reference Benjamin Franklin Quote

“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.” Justice William O. Douglas, (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice. Source: Public Utilities Commission v Pollack, 1952. Source Reference Famous Justice William O. Douglas Quote

“Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.” Calvin Coolidge, (1872-1933) 30th US President. Source: Speech, 1924. Source Reference Calvin Coolidge Quote

“Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavour consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact unwittingly produce the very opposite of what we have been striving for?” Friedrich August von Hayek, (1899-1992), Nobel Laureate…