Tim Kaine Quotes

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

I shall have liberty to think for myself without molesting others or being molested myself.

In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another. For no one by the law of nature is bound to please another, unless he chooses, nor to hold anything to be good or evil, but what he himself, according to his own temperament, pronounces to be so; and, to speak generally, nothing is forbidden by the law of nature, except what is beyond everyone's power.

I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority. This view sustains a conception of human dignity insofar as it sees in each man a capacity for choosing his own behavior. And as it turned out, many subjects did, indeed, choose to reject the experimenter's commands, providing a powerful affirmation of human ideals.

Everyone must act according to the dictates of his own reason.

If individuals are rational, there is no need to protect them against their own choices.

So the point is, I don't have a right to tell anybody what's right or wrong about their lives. Who am I to tell you at any given moment of the day what would be right for you?

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.

I don't think I should tell you what to do, nor should the government. As long as you enjoy your own personal liberties and don't infringe on the liberties of others, I don't care.

I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.

I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.

Our obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code.

A necessary corollary of giving individuals freedom to choose how to conduct their lives is acceptance of the fact that different individuals will make different choices.

For why should my freedom be judged by another’s conscience?

I will never inflict my values on you.

The genius of a free society is that its citizens have wide scope to pursue their own visions of the good without excessive hindrance by their fellow citizens.

It is essential that the young people of this country learn to respect the right of every man and woman to seek his or her happiness with minimal interference from the government.

A personal code of conduct that you follow is far better than a social code of conduct that you are forced to follow.

It is not for me to enforce my morals on others.

You can't convince people of certain things. You let them think what they want to think.

I never try to think I have the answer to what people should do or not do.

I'm a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours.

Where the realm of freedom of thought and action begin, the determination of individuals according to generic laws ends.