Richard Ebeling

Government is, and always has been, the greatest criminal threat to the peaceful members of society.

— Richard Ebeling

The history of paper money is an account of abuse, mismanagement, and financial disaster.

— Richard Ebeling

Through private investment capitalism kept raising the productivity of labor to new heights. Parents were able to earn enough so their offspring…

— Richard Ebeling

Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated…

— Richard Ebeling

If government goes beyond securing liberty and instead violates it through regulation, redistribution, and planning, then citizens are victims of legal plunder.

— Richard Ebeling

Capitalism in the 19th century did not doom the worker to a life of perpetual poverty. Instead, they kept creating new and…

— Richard Ebeling

Each of us, Leonard Read said, must become candles of liberty in the darkness of collectivist ideas. The brighter we each shine…

— Richard Ebeling

Our world today is in the grip of anti-capitalism. State bureaucracies ruling over anti-market policies have grown into ideological and political elites…

— Richard Ebeling

The rationale for the vast network of government welfare programs as well as regulation and control over private enterprise is based on…

— Richard Ebeling

It should be remembered that men of courage, integrity, and principle can stand up to Big Brother and resist the headlong march…

— Richard Ebeling

Liberals say they are for civil liberties and personal freedom, but they continue to advocate government regulation of business, redistribution of wealth,…

— Richard Ebeling

Governments everywhere, including here in the Unites States, have created ever-expanding bureaucracies that regulate nearly every aspect of our lives.

— Richard Ebeling

Socialism's failure in the former Soviet Union and in the other socialist countries stands as a clean and unquestionable warning as to…

— Richard Ebeling