“At a time when most movements that are thought to be progressive advocate further encroachments on individual liberty, those who cherish freedom are likely to expend their energies in opposition. In this they find themselves much of the time on the same side as those who habitually resist change.” IndividualEnergySidesLibertyMovementOppositionCherishProgressiveIndividual LibertyEncroachment Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“The will of a majority is the will of a rabble. Progressive democracy is incompatable with liberty.” GovernmentLibertyDemocracyMajorityProgressive Author:John C. Calhoun
“A Progressive is one who is in favor of more taxes instead of less, more bureaus and jobholders, more paternalism and meddling, more regulation of private affairs and less liberty. In general, he would be inclined to regard the repeal of any tax as outrageous.” Would BeLibertyTaxesRegardAffairFavorsProgressiveRegulationOutrageousMeddlingPaternalism Author:H. L. Mencken
“Sometimes that irrational commitment to principle is what society needs to survive. Whenever you talk about radicalism, whenever you talk about activism, whenever you talk about progressive activity, that sort of moves the measure of liberty in human society forward, makes us all enjoy a better standard of liberty, it typically starts out criminal. It typically starts out a little bit shaky, and rather radical. And that's irrational to put yourself up to do that.” NeedsHumansLittlesSometimesMovingBitsEnjoyLibertyPrinciplesActivityLittle BitStandardsCommitmentActivismCriminalsRadicalProgressiveIrrationalHuman SocietyRadicalism Author:Edward Snowden
“One of our greatest challenges here in America is that pogressives don't always stand with the progressive Muslims because in the interest of freedom of religion and civil liberties and political correctness, they don't want to offend cultural choices by Muslims. I know that people have gone to these interfaith sessions at different mosques and they see that the women end up in the basement, but they don't want to challenge anyone because they think, "Oh, well this is your way".” PeopleThinkingDifferentPoliticalChoicesInterestChallengesLibertyProgressivePolitical CorrectnessCivil LibertiesFreedom Of ReligionOh Well Author:Asra Nomani
“We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.” IfsMenWantMeanMotivationalTurnsLibertyCasesProgressEvolutionWalkingMereLive LifeProgressiveWork In ProgressRight RoadProgress In LifeWrong RoadTurns In The Road Author:C. S. Lewis