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The sciences, even the best,-mathematics and astronomy,-are like sportsmen, who seize whatever prey offers, even without being able to make any use of it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who… — H. L. Mencken
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and… — George Mason
Courage is the human virtue that counts most-courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of us have. — Robert Frost
Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair. — David McCullough
...in all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other... People go against nature because they lack… — Paulo Coelho
I've always managed by walking around. Any CEO or leader who spends the majority of his time in his office is not doing his job. — Donny Deutsch
We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists… — Frederic Bastiat
It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property, since they pre-exist, and his work is only to secure… — Frederic Bastiat
The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any rightful claim… — Lysander Spooner
The foundation of any and every civilization, including our own, is private ownership of the means of production. Whoever wishes to criticize modern civilization, therefore,… — Ludwig von Mises
Capitalism is not only a better form of organizing human activity than any deliberate design, any attempt to organize it to satisfy particular preferences, to… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to… — Ayn Rand
The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited, if there is… — Milton Friedman
Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent of the people?" — Thomas Sowell
The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves. You… — Thomas Sowell
If you will make the necessary effort you can develop any talent. — Wallace D. Wattles
Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government . . . can never be in danger of degenerating into a… — George Washington
Somehow strangely the vice of men gets well represented and protected but their virtue has none to plead its cause - nor any charter of… — Henry David Thoreau
About Mike the construction worker, friend of Roark: "He worshipped expertness of any kind. He loved his work passionately and had no tolerance for anything… — Ayn Rand
This country is a one-party country. Half of it is called Republican and half is called Democrat. It doesn't make any difference. All the really… — Hugh Downs
Collectivism doesn't work because it's based on a faulty economic premise. There is no such thing as a person's "fair share" of wealth. The gross… — P.J. O'Rourke
Perhaps the removal of trade restrictions throughout the world would do more for the cause of universal peace than can any political union of peoples… — Frank Chodorov
The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, bows, spears, firearms or other types of arms. The… — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the past. — Harry Browne

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