“Tom Paine generally took a critical stance when dealing with religion and the church, but in 1775, in an essay entitled, "Thoughts on Defensive War" he wrote as follows: "In the barbarous ages of the world, men in genernal had no liberty. the strong governed the weak a will; till the coming of Christ there was no sucht thing as political freedom in any part of the world... The Romans held the world in slavery and were themselves slaves of their emperors... Wherefore political as well as spiritual freedom is the gift of God through Christ” GodReligionJesusFreedomThomas PaineThomas Paine On Religion Book:The Libertarian Theology of Freedom Source: The Libertarian Theology of Freedom
“No one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words "no" and "not" employed in restraint of government power occur 24 times in the first seven articles of the Constitution and 22 more times in the Bill of Rights.” PeopleFirstsGovernmentWantedAmericaPoliticalRightsConstitutionBillsSevenLibertarianCommunismMore TimeArticlesLibertarianismRestraintEmployedLimited GovernmentBill Of RightsLimited FreedomAmerica FreedomConcluding Author:Edmund A. Opitz
“The exercise of freedom invariably results in some choices that are unwise or wrong. But, by living with the consequences of his foolish choices a man learns to choose more wisely next time.” MenChoicesNextResultsExerciseConsequenceFoolishNext TimeUnwise Author:Edmund A. Opitz
“The well-being of individual persons in any society varies inversely with the money at the disposal of the political class.” WellsPersonsPoliticalIndividualClassWell BeingVary Author:Edmund A. Opitz