Jacob Sullum Quotes

You have to make your own decisions. That's what the freedom in America is all about.

Personal liberty is not personal license.

Liberal Democracy is all about extending choice. Give people the option to decide their retirement age, and you immediately extend their freedom in a very significant way.

It really is this: you are either for liberty, you're for freedom, and you're for living how you want to live without infringing and impugning on anyone else's rights, or you want the state to deal with everything.

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

The American people have worn out their patience being told by their so-called bettors that you don't know how to live your lives the right way. We need to arrange things for you so you can do things better than you would do yourself.

If we are not even free anymore to decide something as basic as what we wish to eat or drink, how much freedom do we really have left?

Everything is freedom and everything is loneliness. Make your choice and let the rest fall away.

Nobody tells you what you can and can't do.

Every human being deserves a say in the decisions that affect their lives; no one should be subject to the will of another.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives

If there is one belief that unifies most Alaskans - our true north - it is less government and more freedom. We don't want the government in our pockets or our bedrooms; we certainly don't need it in our families.

To have a personal life is the minimum freedom you have to give to a human being.

For my life, I need to make my own choices.

In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to give that power to the state.

Why shouldn't I do what I want to do... I'm an American citizen.

The human's being right to do as he pleases without interfering with someone else's rights is a formula defining rights prior to social legislation.

Wherever people find themselves in trouble, or at some kind of crossroads, the series proclaims you are free to choose. That's the deepest lesson of 'Star Wars.'

Actually being able to exercise your own choice can bring about greater opportunity.

Children have their own mind.

Whom we love, how we love... how can the State decide that for us?

The state ought not to intervene to prevent individuals from doing things that not only are no risk to others but are of no risk to themselves either.

Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.

I can't believe people think they need permission to drive. Or permission to do anything.

Ultimately, what we're striving for is people being allowed to do what they want and not feeling they should or shouldn't do certain things.