I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. This is the chief meaning of freedom. Until we can reestablish a condition under which the earnings of the people can be kept by the people, we are bound to suffer a very severe and distinct curtailment of our liberty.
Speech on Taxes, Liberty, and the Philosophy of Government, delivered 11 August 1924, The White House Grounds, Washington, D.C.
