We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we adjudicate disputes, defend our rights, and provide for certain common needs ... A state on the other hand, is a… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
The stark truth is that as long as the welfare state makes it possible for young women - or teenage girls - to have children without a husband and survive without a job, out-of-wedlock births will remain ruinously high, and… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
“The fatal conceit of intellectuals, he said, is to think that smart people can design an economy or a society better than the apparently… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
Most change in America doesn't come from, politicians. It comes from people inventing things and creating. The telephone, the telegraph, the computer, all those… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
The real reason to abolish departments like Energy and Education is not to promote efficiency, nor even to save taxpayers’ money. It is that… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
Each person has the right to live his life in any way he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others. — David Boaz Copy Share Image
“A Government is not free to do as it pleases…. The law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislators as… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
“Those who claim to believe in liberal principals but advocate more and more confiscation of the wealth created by productive people, more and more… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will tolerate the existence of a socialist community, but socialists can't tolerate a libertarian community. — David Boaz Copy Share Image
Maybe that's because guns are sold at a profit, while schools are provided by the government. — David Boaz Copy Share Image
