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Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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✓Similar Perspectives

Securing freedom has been a singular commitment of American presidents and patriots in and out of government for generations. But its perpetual continuation is not guaranteed.

— George Nethercutt

Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.

— Jonathan Sacks

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

— Elbert Hubbard

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. It has nothing to do with government granting it.

— Ron Paul

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.

— Anthony Kennedy

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

— Bill Moyers

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

— Kwame Nkrumah

✗Opposing Perspectives

If technology has finally caught up with individual liberty, why would anyone who loves freedom want to rethink that?

— Matt Drudge