“A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen to be impartially dedicated to the general public interest, nor will they give trust to those high in government who violate the rule of law they ask citizens to obey at the expense of self-interest, or to those who present government as the place where one feathers his own nest, [or] exchanges favors with friends and former associates.” GivingSelfGovernmentLawAsksInterestDependsCitizensDegreesFavorsFormerOfficialsMutualExpensesDedicatedAssociatesFeathersSelf InterestNestsRule Of LawFree SocietyGeneral PublicPublic InterestMutual Trust Author:Archibald Cox
“The British Museum was founded with a civic purpose, to allow the citizen, through reasoned inquiry and comparison, to resist the certainties that endanger free society and are still among the greatest threats to our liberty.” StillsPurposeLibertyCitizensThreatBritishCertaintyComparisonMuseumsInquiryCivicsFree SocietyBritish Museum Author:Neil MacGregor
“Our great progressive struggles have been waged to make sure ordinary citizens, and not just the rich and privileged, share in the benefits of a free society.” Has BeensStruggleRichShareCitizensBenefitsOrdinaryProgressivePrivilegedFree SocietyOrdinary Citizens Author:Bill Moyers
“The danger to a free society is not the guns owned by the citizens but an unconstrained government.... An armed society is a self-governing society, just as a disarmed people are vulnerable to arbitrary power of every kind.” PeopleKindSelfGovernmentDangerCitizensGunVulnerableArbitraryGoverningFree Society Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“As citizens of a free society, we have a duty to look critically at our world. But if we think we know what is wrong, we must act upon that knowledge.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldLooksDutyCitizensOur WorldFree Society Book:Ill Fares the Land Source: Ill Fares the Land
“Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.” GovernmentPurposeLibertyTeachCitizensProtectLibertarianPrivacyAmendmentsRulersFirst AmendmentGoverningFreedom And LibertyFree SocietyFreedom LibertyCivil LibertiesProperty RightsLimited GovernmentVigilanceRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsInsidiousLimiting GovernmentRights And FreedomsLibertarian PartyFounding Fathers GunLimited FreedomEncroachmentEternal VigilanceLiberty And JusticePrice Of FreedomSupreme Court JusticeLimiting FreedomAmendment 1Government PolicyFourth AmendmentGovernment And PoliticsFreedom To ReadGovernment PoliticsLaw CourtsControlling GovernmentLiberty And Justice For AllSecurity And FreedomPurpose Of GovernmentJustice TruthDivided GovernmentConflicting OpinionsWrits Of Assistance Author:Louis D. Brandeis