“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-…

“Tis the upright mind that holds true sovereignty.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca, (4 B.C.-A.D. 65) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, “Seneca the Younger.” Source: Tragedies, Thyestes, line 380; (Chorus). Source Reference Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote

“The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man…

“The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.” John Stuart Mill, (1806-1873) English philosopher and economist. Source Reference John Stuart Mill Quote

“We may safely rely on the disposition of the State legislatures to erect barriers against the encroachments of the national authority.” Alexander Hamilton, (1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury. Source: The Federalist Papers Federalist No. 85. Source Reference Alexander Hamilton Quote

“Not surprisingly, the federal judiciary nearly always rules in favor of the federal government. Judicial review, contrary to the assurances of its advocates, has hardly restrained Congress at all. Instead it has progressively stripped the states of their traditional powers,…

“Apologists for activist government never tire of telling us that the benevolent state is our protector and that without it we’d be at the mercy of monsters. It is about time that we understood that the U.S. government does more…

“[There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.” Polybius, (ca. 203-120 BC,) Greek historian. Source Reference Polybius Quote

“There are two freedoms — the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where a man is free to do what he ought.” Charles Kingsley, (1819-1875) English clergyman, university professor, historian, and novelist
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