“The essence of these tactics is some voluntary but irreversible sacrifice of freedom of choice. They rest on the paradox that the power to constrain an adversary may depend on the power to bind oneself; that, in bargaining, weakness is often strength, freedom may be freedom to capitulate, and to burn bridges behind one may suffice to undo an opponent.”

"The Nature of Freedom", paragraph 94
Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)

Source: Give Me Liberty! (1998), Ch. 16 : Security, the One-Way Ticket to Slavery, p. 174

(describing the view of Algernon Sidney) p. 93
Liberty Before Liberalism (1998)

Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U.S. 319, 327, (1937)
Judicial opinions

The Paradox of Choice (2004)

Source: The Russian Revolution (1918), Chapter Six, "The Problem of Dictatorship"

1963, Remarks Prepared for Delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas
Context: We in this country, in this generation, are — by destiny rather than choice — the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of "peace on earth, good will toward men". That must always be our goal, and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago: "except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."

"The Power and the Glory"
Lyrics

2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)