Ron Davies Quotes

I believe, basically, that individual freedom is very important.

The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been imposed upon him externally by any foreign will whatsoever, human or divine, collective or individual.

I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.

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.

If people don't want to go to the picture, nobody can stop them.

But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.

If you want to be told what to think, well, I'm not in that business.

I don't believe in outing people. It's up to the individual, but there's nothing wrong putting the pressure on.

Freedom of speech isn't something somebody else gives you. That's something you give to yourself.

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.

In a free state, both the tongue and the mind ought to be free.

If those of us who care about making our own decisions about what to read and what to think don't take a stand, others will decide for us.

I think people have to look at it from a certain view. I say things because, at the end of the day, I can say whatever I want.

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.

The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested, and expressed. What the Constitution says is that these judgments are for the individual to make, not for the Government to decree, even with the mandate or approval of a majority. Technology expands the capacity to choose; and it denies the potential of this revolution if we assume the Government is best positioned to make these choices for us.

You want to make your own decisions, but you ought to make those decisions with an eternal perspective.

I feel very strongly in my opinion that everyone is responsible to themselves for what they do.

The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right to not agree, not to listen, and not to finance one's own antagonists.

If you feel strongly about something and you want to voice your opinion, I feel it's your right, so, that's how I look at it because that's how life is.

You can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the people -- and, alas, their folly with it. But if there is freedom, folly will die of its own poison, and the wisdom will survive.

As if one could do what one wanted with one's own body!

If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice.

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.

What I'm not - I can't control other people's campaigns. If they decide that's what they want to do with their time and money, they certainly have a right to do it.

What is the freedom of the most free? To do what is right!