Force, governmental coercion, is the instrument by which the ethics of altruism - the belief that the individual exists to serve others… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The thing that was bad about colonialism, and the thing which is residually bad in some of our aid programs, is that… — Paul Romer Copy Share Image
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The freedom of individuals from compulsion or coercion never was, and is not now, the normal state of human affairs. The normal… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Every man aims at avoiding what causes him pain; the activities of government ultimately consist in the infliction of pain. All great… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The most creative social strategy we have to offer is the church. Here we show the world a manner of life the… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Let us put aside resolutely that great fright, tenderly and without malice, daring to be wrong in something important rather than right… — Charles A. Beard Copy Share Image
“Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, government negatively… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We are bound to maintain public liberty, and, by the example of our own systems, to convince the world that order and… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Can the mind become completely still without coercion, without compulsion, without discipline? — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the majority of the people affected. — Garrett Hardin Copy Share Image
I believe it is urgent to begin now, before we are constrained by a totally controlled society monitoring limited resources on the… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The spark of liberty in the mind and spirit of man cannot be long extinguished; it will break into flames that will… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
We should respect each other as rational beings by trying to achieve our goals through reason and persuasion rather than threats and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“If the bulk of the public were really convinced of the illegitimacy of the State, if it were convinced that the State… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
Rage is a sign of nothing but immaturity. The power of any faith comes not from its coercion of critics and dissenters.… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
The marketplace is a wondrous institution. It harnesses the self-interest of each of us and puts it to work for the benefit… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
