“I think the purpose of government is for a population to accomplish its mutually agreed-upon goals without every citizen having to accomplish those goals for him- or herself. Some examples: we have a police force so we don’t need to… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“I think the purpose of government is for a population to accomplish its mutually agreed-upon goals without every citizen having to accomplish those goals… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“Work or die’—this is the essence of slavery, of compulsion. And yet this is our world. Most of our world is enslaved but does… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“If you make others think, you will be feared. If you disagree with them, you will be disliked. If you condemn them, they will… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“To be a liberal is to care about more than one’s own belly or roof. It is to care about the rights of all… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“I support the right of the individual, the right of the most individuals to get what they want. That is all majority rule is:… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“I provoke thought, because that is what needs provoking. Humanity seems to hate thinking more than any other activity, and yet that is the… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“And of course the World needs more love, but we need to be clear on what form that love will take. Sometimes love requires… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“Persons like you say, ‘I’m an individual, therefore I oppose any power over me.’ That right there does not follow. How about ‘I’m an… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“In the event of total freedom, the desire to dominate rules just as tyrannically as it does with centrally-planned economies. Freedom gave us capitalism,… — Robert Peate Copy Share
“We celebrate the beauty and reason of the individual, and resist the coercion of the state and the tyranny of the majority. We laugh… — Robert Peate Copy Share
