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> [The Constitution was definitely and specifically designed to hobble all people who are so foolish as to think themselves capable of leading others by compulsion. It so functions today to an extent exasperating to the authoritarians - which is why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/the-constitution-was-definitely-and-specifically-designed-to-hobble/)

[Leonard Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-read/)

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## More by Leonard Read

> [Once an activity has been socialized, it is impossible to point out, by concrete example, how men in a free market could better conduct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/once-an-activity-has-been-socialized-it-is-impossible-to-point-out-by/)

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> [There is no moral distinction between petty thievery and 'from each according to ability, to each according to need.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/there-is-no-moral-distinction-between-petty-thievery-and-from-each/)

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> [Whenever government assumed responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of citizens, the costs of government rise beyond the point where it is politically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/whenever-government-assumed-responsibility-for-the-security-welfare/)

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> [ The solution to this problem \[welfare-statism\] must take a positive form: the restoration of a faith in what free men can accomplish. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/the-solution-to-this-problem-welfare-statism-must-take-a-positive/)

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> [The libertarian can have no truck with 'left' or 'right' because he regrets any form of authoritarianism - the use of police force to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/the-libertarian-can-have-no-truck-with-left-or-right-because-he/)

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> [Is it not obvious that the more complex an economy, the more certainly will governmental control of productive effort exert a retarding influence?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/is-it-not-obvious-that-the-more-complex-an-economy-the-more-certainly/)

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> [In market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/in-market-terms-one-is-entitled-to-what-others-will-offer-in-willing/)

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> [Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/socialism-takes-and-redistributes-wealth-but-it-is-utterly-incapable/)

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> [What precisely is this disease that causes inflation and all these other troubles? It has many popular names, such as socialism, communism, state interventionism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/what-precisely-is-this-disease-that-causes-inflation-and-all-these/)

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> [The right way is the greatest gratifier of human wishes ever come upon - when allowed to operate. It is as morally sound as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/the-right-way-is-the-greatest-gratifier-of-human-wishes-ever-come/)

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> [ \[S\]tatism is but socialized dishonesty; it is feathering the nests of some with feathers coercively plucked from others - on the grand scale. There… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/s-tatism-is-but-socialized-dishonesty-it-is-feathering-the-nests-of/)

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> [There is really nothing that can be done except by an individual. Only individuals can learn. Only individuals can think creatively. Only individuals can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/there-is-really-nothing-that-can-be-done-except-by-an-individual-only/)

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> [Governments resort to inflation with popular support because the people apparently are naïve enough to believe that they can have their cake and eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/governments-resort-to-inflation-with-popular-support-because-the/)

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> [Assume that a surgeon has discovered how to do brain surgery, that he can do only one a month, that 1,000 persons a year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/assume-that-a-surgeon-has-discovered-how-to-do-brain-surgery-that-he/)

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> [Such terms as communism, socialism, Fabianism, the welfare state, Nazism, fascism, state interventionism, egalitarianism, the planned economy, the New Deal, the Fair Deal, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/such-terms-as-communism-socialism-fabianism-the-welfare-state-nazism/)

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