JA James A. Baldwin Writer “Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be” Inspirational Government Freedom ♥ 32
George Washington Military Leader, Politician “... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” Giving Government Atheist ♥ 32
Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright “Terrorism is a direct response to the crimes our government has committed against foreigners (besides which, the actual terrorists are within our own government)” Government Liberty Libertarian ♥ 32
CC Calvin Coolidge Politician “No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government. No plan of centralization has ever been adopted which did not result in bureaucracy, tyranny, inflexibility, reaction, and decline.” Self Government Liberty ♥ 31
Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father “A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles.” People Government Sight ♥ 31
Rand Paul Politician “The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior.” Government Politics Citizens ♥ 31
Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger Politician “I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country, than be loaded with a debt exceeding their ability ever to discharge. If this be a just remark, it is unwise and improvident to vest in the general government a power to borrow at discretion, without any limitation or restriction.” Country Government Debt ♥ 31
George Washington Military Leader, Politician “The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” Government Destiny 4th Of July ♥ 31
Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist “Globalization is the result of powerful governments, especially that of the United States, pushing trade deals and other accords down the throats of the world’s people to make it easier for corporations and the wealthy to dominate the economies of nations around the world without having obligations to the peoples of those nations.” People Government Powerful ♥ 31
Jefferson Davis Politician, Military Leader “A government, to afford the needful protection and exercise proper care for the welfare of a people, must have homogeneity in its constituents. It is this necessity which has divided the human race into separate nations, and finally has defeated the grandest efforts which conquerors have made to give unlimited extent to their domain.” Government Race Exercise ♥ 31
Julian Huxley Biologist “The implications of the transfer of full sovereignty from separate nations to a World Organization. . .Political unification in some sort of World Government will be required. . .Even though. . . any radical eugenic policy will be for many years politically and psychologically impossible, with the greatest care, and that the public mind is informed of the issues at stake so that much that now is unthinkable may at least become thinkable.” Years Government Organization ♥ 31
Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor “Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.” Government Problem Freedom ♥ 31
