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An armed society is a free society. — Howie Carr

In a society of free men the preservation of life and health are ends, not means. They do not enter into any process of accounting means. — Ludwig Von Mises

A free society is one where it's safe to be unpopular, but then, freedom of speech also carries with it the freedom not to listen! — Ashwin Sanghi

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom. — Mary Robinson

Artists are a free society's greatest advocates and its best bulwarks. Their triumphs are civilization's triumphs. — Andres Serrano

Society needs first of all to be free from meddlersthat is, to be let alone. — William Graham Sumner

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card. — E.L. Doctorow

Free action is to live in the present society as though it were a natural society. — Paul Goodman

Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society. — Noam Chomsky

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. — Gary Johnson

I'm embarrassed for us as a free society that we actually want people punished for saying things we don't like. — Jim Norton

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man. — Alan Paton

What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value, — Charles Koch

The hallmark of a free society is that I may totally disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it until I die. — Voltaire

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

Don't let society's defined genre hold you down, be a free spirit and just write, let society be the one to decide where each piece fits in. — Uma Nnenna

Revolution will free society of its afflictions, while science will free the individual of his. — Mario Vargas-Llosa

Free yourself from the psychological structure of society, which is to free yourself from the essence of conflict. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. — John F. Kennedy

Japan is a well-educated, technological society. It is a free society, protects intellectual property. — John Roos

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. — Nelson Mandela

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society. — Felix Frankfurter

The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. — Ron Paul

I see the psychedelic experience as a birthright, and we can't have a free society until people are free to explore their own mind. — Terence McKenna

You'll often hear the left lecture about the importance of dissent in a free society. — David Harsanyi

Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters. — Anuradha Koirala

The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background. — B.F. Skinner

Real artists free of the tedium of money can use, now, all of society as an idea factory. — Andrei Codrescu

The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified. — Ron Paul

Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law. — Henry David Thoreau

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

The benefit of living in a free society is that we all have the choice to be rich, poor, or middle
class. The decision is up to you. — Robert Kiyosaki

In a free society, you get what you celebrate — Dean Kamen

A free society is one in which individuals are free to discover for themselves the available range of alternatives. — Israel Kirzner

A society is only as free as its most oppressed and afflicted members. — Silvia Tennenbaum

The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our democracy. — Vartan Gregorian

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself. — Tim Robbins

A society is not 'free' merely because the freedoms the people are doing away with are those they voted at the last election to do without. — William F. Buckley Jr.

We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop. — George W. Bush

Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free. — Edward Snowden

However widespread the desire to be free, that is wholly different from a desire to live in a society where others are free. — Thomas Sowell

Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled. — George Ayittey

The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff. — Salman Rushdie

An undesirable society, in other words, is one which internally and externally sets up barriers to free intercourse and communication of experience. — John Dewey

Nothing is free. You got to pay to be in society. First you start with homework. — Mel Brooks

Free society's organize around the "invisible hand" while Force society's organize around the State's "visible fist. — Orrin Woodward

I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises. — Mitt Romney

In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy. — Matt Taibbi

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. — Tony Judt

Somewhere along the way to free-market capitalism, the United States became the most wasteful society on the planet. — Paul Hawken

Free markets are the real people's revolution. — Jeffrey Tucker

A privately owned world can never be a free world and a society based upon warring classes cannot stand. — Eugene V. Debs

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

Libraries are what is best about us as a society: open, exciting, rich, informative, free, inclusive, engaging. — Susan Orlean

In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves. — Walter E. Williams

A society can never be free without women's liberation — Abdullah Ocalan

Release your majestic mind, embrace your untamed inner spirit. Break free from captivity, avoid society.. You were born to be free. — Melanie Muller

In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, however, we are in big trouble. — Ron Paul

All ideas in a truly free society should always be open for discussion. — Bryant McGill

A free society, to be truly worthy of that name, owes healthy, competent individuals the right to end their lives on their own terms. — Jacob M. Appel

So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish. — Alexander Downer

We must face the ultimate contradiction that our free and democratic society was made possible by massive slave labor. — David Brion Davis

I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one. — Dean Smith

Unfortunately, this is a free society, and we're gonna have people with trucks, and people with bombs. — Greta Van Susteren

True prosperity can only come from a healthy economy and sound money. That can only be achieved in a free society. — Ron Paul

In the pursuit of breaking free from all the shackles of man-made bondages, science is the most effective tool we have till this date. — Abhijit Naskar

The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little else. — William Beveridge

The Conservative sees in the free market the harmony of interests and rules of cooperation that also underlie the civil society. — Mark Levin

The rationalist imagines an imbecile-free society; the empiricist and imbecile-proof one, or even better, a rationalist-proof one. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free
society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation. — James Bryant Conant

A society without its dreamers can never be free. — Yehudi Menuhin

It's easy for people to grow up in our society believing that certain lifestyles are risk free when they certainly are not. — Bill James

Society can only be happy and free in proportion as it is virtuous. — Mary Wollstonecraft

Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society — Chelsea Manning

There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself. — P. J. O'Rourke

The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom. — Madeleine Albright

The truly free person in society is a disciplined person. — Dean Smith

Tensions exist in any free society. But the freedom we enjoy rests on a foundation of individual liberty and shared moral values. — Tipper Gore

The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity. — Benjamin Netanyahu

No matter how silly I think it all is, society is still society and we are not free of the burdens of hate. — Suzanne Palmieri

Loyalty in a free society depends upon the toleration of disloyalty. — Alan Barth

The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society. — Emma Goldman

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. — Bell Hooks

Democracy is disruptive ... there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption. — Naomi Wolf

We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior. — Jerry Springer

YAZIDIS AND CHRISTIANS WANT TO BE FREE OF NIGHT MIST AND BEHEADING DRIFT! — Widad Akreyi

We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press ... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism. — Elliott Abrams

It is stimulating to live in a society that is not standardized or mechanized, and is free from monotony. — R.K. Narayan

Pop art: only possible in an affluent society, where one can be free to enjoy ironic consumption. — Susan Sontag

Free competition is worth more to society than it costs. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

I want a society free of human trafficking — Anuradha Koirala

In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don't threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others. — Mark Skousen

Often I didn't think I was cut out for the way the world is, being born into a common culture and system I would never choose for myself. — Jackie Haze

In a free society men and women should not be prevented by Government from seeking medical remedies which they believe will be effective ... — Phil Crane

The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society. — Abraham Lincoln

Free speech has remained a quintessential American ideal, even as our society has moved from the ink quill to the touch screen. — Marvin Ammori

I suspect that democracy is not viable in a technologically advanced society. Free people wield too much ability to destroy. — Daniel Suarez