“Free people don’t ask for permission” is an anti-government saying that has been printed on several images. The saying means that free people don’t have to ask (or beg) for licenses from the government to do things, such as to carry guns or to marry.
 
The idea may be old, but the saying is modern. “Free people don’t ask for permission” was posted on Twitter on March 27, 2013. “Free people do not ask for permission” was posted on Twitter o May 20, 2013.
     
“Free men do not ask for permission to bear arms” is a related saying from 2009 (but not from American founding father Thomas Jefferson).
   
   
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freedom fighter mom‏
@freedom4USA
TCOT_Talk: RT @Slarue Free men do not ask for permission to bear arms. #tcot #cwot #sgp #tlot #iamthe mob http://ff.im/-7ovSI
1:38 PM - 30 Aug 2009
 
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40 BY MY SIDE‏
@SON_0F_LIBERTY
#Free men don’t ask for permission!
9:47 AM - 4 Nov 2011
 
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Lady Lashay‏
@LadyLashay1776
Free people do not ask for permission to bear arms. #truth
7:23 PM - 10 Feb 2013
   
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Rick@BFTM Group‏
@AZCombatAthlete
And all the rights of the bill of rights are only protected by the 2A. Free men don’t ask for permission to bear arms or to speak their mind
8:14 PM - 23 Mar 2013
 
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Sam Caldwell‏
@SamCaldwellian
Free people don’t ask for permission.
12:18 PM - 27 Mar 2013
 
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Rage Grenade‏
@Rage_Grenade
PROTIP: Free people don’t ask for permission. Remove the government from marriage (and life) completely. #tcot #tlot
1:58 PM - 27 Mar 2013
 
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Rob Mathias‏
@VoluntaryRebel
Free people don’t ask for permission #statism vs #voluntaryism
7:38 PM - 28 Mar 2013
 
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TheVoluntaryist‏
@TuffLikeHuff
Free men don’t ask for permission.
7:00 PM - 8 May 2013
 
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Christy Deryn‏
@ChristyDeryn
“Free people do not ask for permission.”
12:42 PM - 20 May 2013
 
Anonymous ART of Revolution
Free people don’t ask for permission
Posted 28th June 2013 by Toni Nicolle
 
Twitter
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@NotPorC
Free people don’t ask for permission (via licenses).
10:03 PM - 22 Aug 2016
   
Liberty Viral
MARCH 28, 2017
SD Lawmaker asks ‘If it pleases the crown’ on the House floor
Republican House Representative Daniel Kaiser, made a bold statement on HB 1072 in front of South Dakota lawmakers on Monday.
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Representative Kaiser emerged straight out of a “Thug Life” meme to defend our Second Amendment rights. He quotes “Free people do not ask for permission to do what’s right” and “If it pleases the crown, may I carry a firearm underneath my sports coat”. This is in reference to a viral social media campaign popularized by the Liberty movement that the United States government is functioning much like a Monarchy from which we must beg for our own rights.