“That all lawful power derives from the people and must be held in check to preserve their freedom is the oldest and central tenet of American constitutionalism. ...[I]t was believed that personal freedom could be secured more effectively by decentralization than by express command.”

Introduction, pp. 2-3
Capitalism and Freedom (1962)

p. 20 https://books.google.com/books?id=4VUBAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA20 <br class="br">Principles of Government: Or Meditations in Exile (1856), Chapter II. On Centralized and Local Administration

Source: From Freedom to Slavery (1996), Ch. 6 : The New King : Tyranny of the Corporate Core, p. 90

Radio broadcast, 24 April 1987 (excerpts)

Vol. 2, Ch. 21 "An Evaluation of the Prophecy"
The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945)

As quoted in The White House Years: Mandate for Change: 1953–1956: A Personal Account (1963), p. 331
1960s

Speech at the Virginia Convention to ratify the Federal Constitution http://www.constitution.org/rc/rat_va_05.htm (6 June 1788)<br>Speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention on the Control of the Military (16 June 1788); published in The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788, with some account by eminent Virginians of that era who were members of that body (1890), Vol. I, p. 130 (Hugh Blair Grigsby et al, editors, ) <br class="br">1780s <br class="br">Context: Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations; but, on a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority trampling on the rights of the minority, have produced factions and commotions, which, in republics, have, more frequently than any other cause, produced despotism. If we go over the whole history of ancient and modern republics, we shall find their destruction to have generally resulted from those causes.

This quotation appeared in an article by Margaret Thatcher, &quot;The Moral Foundations of Society&quot; ( Imprimis, March 1995 https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-moral-foundations-of-society/), which was an edited version of a lecture Thatcher had given at Hillsdale College in November 1994. Here is the actual passage from Thatcher&#x27;s article:<br>&lt;blockquote&gt;[M]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything—security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not to give to society, but for society to give to them. The freedom they were seeking was freedom from responsibility. It is no wonder, then, that they ceased to be free. In the modern world, we should recall the Athenians&#x27; dire fate whenever we confront demands for increased state paternalism.&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br>The italicized passage above originated with Thatcher. In characterizing the Athenians in the article she cited Sir Edward Gibbon, but she seems to have been paraphrasing statements in &quot;Athens&#x27; Failure,&quot; a chapter of classicist Edith Hamilton&#x27;s book The Echo of Greece (1957), pp. 47–48 http://www.ergo-sum.net/books/Hamilton_EchoOfGreece_pp.47-48.jpg). <br class="br">Misattributed

&quot;On Freedom&quot; (1940), p. 13 http://books.google.com/books?id=Q1UxYzuI2oQC&amp;lpg=PP1&amp;pg=PA13#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false <br class="br">1950s, Out of My Later Years (1950) <br class="br">Context: This freedom of communication is indispensable for the development and extension of scientific knowledge, a consideration of much practical import. In the first instance it must be guaranteed by law. But laws alone cannot secure freedom of expression; in order that every man may present his views without penalty there must be a spirit of tolerance in the entire population. Such an ideal of external liberty can never be fully attained but must be sought unremittingly if scientific thought, and philosophical and creative thinking in general, are to be advanced as far as possible.