The bottom line is that the true test of one's commitment to freedom of association doesn't come when he allows people to… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“Some say it's wrong to profit from the misfortune of others. I ask my students whether they'd support a law against doing… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The true test of one's commitment to liberty and private property rights doesn't come when we permit people to be free to… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
There is no question that if one were to ask whether we Americans are moving towards more liberty or more government control… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Government is about coercion. Limiting government is the single most important instrument for guaranteeing liberty. We're working on a third generation which… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves. — Walter E. Williams 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
No matter how much of our liberty Washington takes away in the name of security, there are no guarantees that there won't… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
People who denounce the free market and voluntary exchange, and are for control and coercion, believe they have more intelligence and superior… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm overly pessimistic, but most of Africa is a continent without much hope for its people... What [Africa] needs, the West… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
...[I]f we care about our remaining liberties we must at some point draw a line in the sand and let politicians and… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Vote for me. I'll use my office to take another American's money and give it to you. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the objects of… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
More important than anything else is for Americans to wise up to class warfare demagoguery and reject the politics of envy. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart has become the whipping boy for political demagogues, unions and anti-traders. I suggest that they have the wrong target.... Wal-Mart exists and prospers… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
When the Founders thought of democracy, they saw democracy in the political sphere - a sphere strictly limited by the Constitution's well-defined and enumerated… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Reaching into one's own pocket to assist his fellow man is noble and worthy of praise. Reaching into another person's pocket to assist one's… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
If there's a distinct group of Americans who harbor open contempt for constitutional principles and rule of law, it's lawyers, judges and members of… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending is. Since… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Students who are alien and hostile to the education process ought to be removed. You say, "What will we do with them?" I say… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
What we call the market is really a democratic process involving millions, and in some markets billions, of people making personal decisions that express… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that the true test of one's commitment to freedom of association doesn't come when he allows people to associate in… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image