As quoted in The Observer [London] (29 August 1954)
“There is no substitute for a militant freedom. The only alternative is submission and slavery.”
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)
The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses, Coolidge, The Minerva Group (2001), p. 159
Acceptance of the Memorial to General Ulysses S. Grant (27 April 1922).
1920s
Herbert A. Simon book Administrative Behavior
Source: 1940s-1950s, Administrative Behavior, 1947, p. 79; As cited in: Terry Winograd, Fernando Flores (1986) Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design. p. 21.
Milton Friedman book Capitalism and Freedom
Source: Capitalism and Freedom (1962), Ch. 2, The Role of Government in a Free Society, p. 28
“Fascism presented itself not only as an alternative, but also as the heir to socialism.”
Jacob Talmon (1916–1980) Polish-born Israeli historian; Professor of Modern History; studied Cold War and totalitarianism; anti-Marx…
Source: The Myth of the Nation and the Vision of Revolution: The Origins of Ideological Polarization in the 20th Century, (1981), p. 501
Hunter S. Thompson Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Source: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Rousas John Rushdoony (1916–2001) American theologian
As quoted in David Cantor and Alan M. Schwartz (1995), Anti-Defamation League book -The Religious Right: The Assault on Tolerance and Pluralism In America
Barry Goldwater (1909–1998) American politician
Address on religious factions (1981)
Context: The religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy.
They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives. The great decisions of Government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions. This was true in the days of Madison, and it is just as true today.
We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of state separate from the uncompromising idealism of religious groups and we mustn't stop now.
To retreat from that separation would violate the principles of conservatism and the values upon which the framers built this democratic republic.
“When I don't have an answer, I pray. God is the only alternative source of help.”
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Think Big (1996), p. 147
