“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.”
“The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guaranteesthat. The only force capable of undermining it isgovernment.”
“People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.”
“The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be.”
“People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.”
“Freedom can never yield its fullness of blessings so long as the law or its administration places the smallest obstacle in the pathway of any virtuous citizen.”