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Free Society Quotes

The long, uneven road toward liberty.

These free society quotes describe liberty as something built through struggle, not granted freely, with tragic chapters alongside genuinely glorious ones. One line credits an institution's founding purpose to resisting dangerous certainties through inquiry. More in America quotes.

A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson II

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.

Quotes by Vladimir Putin

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals, not the secrecy...

Quotes by Ron Paul

Able Quotes

If you start free trade with a Communist country, allow them to develop their own businesses, they don't remain communistic. They become a free society when they're able to make money themselves, and we increase trade with them and allow...

Quotes by Robert J. Bentley

The American Revolution was sparked by a series of taxes and tariffs on tea. More recently, the Thatcher and Reagan 'revolutions' were rooted in overturning the status quo - excessive taxation - to empower the individual and encourage a free...

Quotes by Priti Patel

As I understand the American Founders, the most brilliant and daring idea they had was that it's possible to create a free society that could stay free forever.

Quotes by Os Guinness

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.

Quotes by Neil MacGregor

Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society.

Quotes by Natan Sharansky

America Quotes

I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.

Quotes by Natan Sharansky

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

Quotes by John McCain

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Quotes by John F. Kennedy

In our excessive involvement in the affairs of other countries, we are not only living off our assets and denying our own people the proper enjoyment of their resources; we are also denying the world the example of a free...

Quotes by J. William Fulbright

We live in America. We live in a free society where we are able to make choices. It's about giving individuals freedoms and holding them accountable.

Quotes by Gary Johnson

American Revolution Quotes

The privilege of a free society is that every man, woman, and child has the opportunity - and the obligation as a free people - to determine the trajectory of their country, of a political race.

Quotes by Dana Loesch

People getting rich in a free society in general - with some scammy exceptions, which are rare - makes everyone else richer, too.

Quotes by Ben Stein

The radicals who perpetrated the Charlie Hebdo attack were not motivated by Western imperialism but by members of a free society violating Islamic law.

Quotes by Ben Domenech

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the theme running through these free society quotes?
Liberty as something earned through struggle - a path with both tragic and glorious chapters, resistance to dangerous certainties, and the basic choice between a free society and a fear society.
Why do people search for quotes about free society versus fear?
This framing shows up often in discussions of democracy and dissent, and readers frequently want to see exactly how public figures and writers have phrased that contrast.
Is there a quote connecting free society to a cultural institution?
Yes, one entry credits a museum's founding civic purpose with helping citizens resist dangerous certainties through reasoned inquiry and comparison.
Does this page mention choice between free and fear societies in the Middle East?
One quote does, arguing that given a genuine choice, most Muslims and Arabs would choose a free society over a fear society, just like anyone else.
What's a related page worth reading?
Try America quotes for more on liberty and governance.

Several quotes frame the real choice ahead as one between a free society and a fear society, and whether dissent is allowed becomes the clearest test of which one exists. Continue with Able quotes.