“There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.”— Barry Goldwater, washingtonpost.com
“We have been led to look upon taxation as merely a problem of public financing: How much money does the government need? We have been led to discount, and often to forget altogether, the bearing of taxation on the problem of individual freedom.”— Barry Goldwater, books.google.com
“Let us henceforth make war on all monopolies—whether corporate or union. The enemy of freedom is unrestrained power, and the champions of freedom will fight against the concentration of power wherever they find it.”— Barry Goldwater, books.google.com
“Freedom of association is one of the natural rights of man. Clearly, therefore, it should also be a ‘civil’ right. Right-to-work laws derive from the natural law: they are simply an attempt to give freedom of association the added protection of civil law.”— Barry Goldwater, books.google.com
“You want something for nothing ? The Federal Government will give it to you. You want to avoid responsibility for bringing up your children and educating them? The Federal Government will take over. You want to duck the job of facing your local problems and solving them? The Federal Government will…”— Barry Goldwater, nytimes.com
“Never forget, there was only one freedom—only one freedom—on which this nation was founded. That was freedom from government—from too much, oppressive government.”— Barry Goldwater, nytimes.com
“One thing I will add: if I have ever found kindness, it has not been from Liberals; to disengage myself from them was the first act of my freedom.”— Mary Shelley, books.google.com
“It’s not that you should never love something so much that it can control you. It’s that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled. It’s not a weakness. It’s your best strength.”— Patrick Ness, amazon.com
“This nation has afforded freedom to more minorities than any nation in history. We've welcomed Jews from Eastern Europe, we've welcomed Muslims from the Middle East, we've welcomes Hindus from India, we've welcomed people from all over the world. And we've given them freedom. But there's no reason w…”— Pat Robertson, beliefnet.com
“Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our Revolution. They existed before.”— Millard Fillmore, presidentialrhetoric.com
“God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the constitution, till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope of free government in the world.”— Millard Fillmore, en.wikiquote.org
“Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom. Our own free institutions were not the offspring of our revolution. They existed before.”— Millard Fillmore, presidency.ucsb.edu
“From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.”— Jacques Cousteau, en.wikiquote.org
“I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.”— Georgia O’Keeffe, goodreads.com
“Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“I support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 because I believe that freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“I want a doomed love. I want streets at night, wind and rain, no one wondering where I am.”— Michael Cunningham, amazon.com