All Rose Wilder Lane Quotes
- Nothing whatever but the constitutional law, the political structure, of these United States protects any American from arbitrary seizure of his property and his person,… American
- As novices, we think we're entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the… Entirely
- An Old World revolution is only a movement around a motionless center; it never breaks out of the circle. Firm in the center is belief… Authority
- Making the best of things is a damn poor way of dealing with them. My life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand. Been
- Anyone who says that economic security is a human right, has been to much babied. While he babbles, other men are risking and losing their… All
- Writing fiction is ... an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it. Always Defeated
- No state, no government exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many men. Doe
- The question is whether personal freedom is worth the terrible effort, the never-lifted burden and risks of self-reliance. Burden
- It was not seen that woman's place was in the home until she began to go out of it; the statement was a reply to… Attempted
- There is a city myth that country life was isolated and lonely; the truth is that farmers and their families then had a richer social… Cities
- Plants and animals repeat routine, but men who are not restrained will go into the future like explorers into a new country. Animal
- The real protection of life and property, always and everywhere. Everywhere
- The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government. Force
- I am now a fundamentalist American; give me time and I will tell you why individualism, laissez-faire and the slightly restrained anarchy of capitalism offer… American
- The longest lives are short; our work lasts longer. Funny
- As an American I am of course fundamentally opposed to democracy and to anyone advocating or defending democracy, which in theory and practice is the… Advocating
- The prairies were dust. Day after day, summer after summer, the scorching winds blew the dust and the sun was brassy in a yellow sky.… Agony
- I came out of the Soviet Union no longer a communist, because I believed in personal freedom. Believed
- Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open. Doors
- Making the best of things is... a damn poor way of dealing with them. My whole life has been a series of escapes from that… Been