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I believe the highest aspiration of man should be individual freedom and the development of the individual.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004
Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004“A Time for Choosing” speech (1964)
Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004
Freedom is the right to question and change the established way of doing things. It is the continuous revolution of the marketplace. It is the understanding that allows us to recognize shortcomings and seek solutions.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Moscow State University (31 May 1988)
In an atmosphere of liberty, artists and patrons are free to think the unthinkable and create the audacious; they are free to make both horrendous mistakes and glorious celebrations.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004
- Liberty
As government expands, liberty contracts.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address (1989)
- Government
- Liberty
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Address to the annual meeting of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce (30 March 1961)
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004A Time for Choosing (1964)
- America
I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Farewell Address (1989)
- Government
For freedom is not the property of one generation; it’s the obligation of this and every generation. It’s our duty to protect it and expand it and pass it undiminished to those still unborn.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Final speech as President (1989)
- Responsibility
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004“A Time for Choosing”, televised address for Barry Goldwater (27 October 1964)
- America
We believed then and now there are no limits to growth and human progress when men and women are free to follow their dreams.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004Ronald Reagan’s Second Inaugural Address (1985)
- Motivation & Goals
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004The Evil Empire (1983)
- Religion
If the psychic energies of the average mass of people watching a football game or a musical comedy could be diverted into the rational channels of a freedom movement, they would be invincible.
Wilhelm Reich1897–1957The Mass Psychology of Fascism (1933), Ch. 1: Ideology As Material Power, Section 4: The Social Function of Sexual Suppression
Man’s right to know, to learn, to inquire, to make bona fide errors, to investigate human emotions must, by all means, be safe, if the word FREEDOM should ever be more than an empty political slogan.
Wilhelm Reich1897–1957Response to FDA complaint (1954)
- Knowledge