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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force,… — Ayn Rand
The government's only proper job is to protect individual rights against violence by force or fraud ... to protect men from foreign invaders ... to… — Ayn Rand
To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. — Ayn Rand
There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot… — Ayn Rand
Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe, the state, the… — Ayn Rand
No individual or private group or private organization has the legal power to initiate the use of physical force against other individuals or groups and… — Ayn Rand
Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions. — Milton Friedman
The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force. — Milton Friedman
Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalistic System was to debauch the currency. . . Lenin was certainly… — John Maynard Keynes
The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society. — Mark Skousen
It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces… — Albert Einstein
The American Dream was not about government's taking huge sums of money (under the label of "taxation") from citizens by force. The American Dream was… — Robert Ringer
It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something. — John Wayne
Government, in it's last analysis, is organized force. — Woodrow Wilson
Our government is an agency of delegated and strictly limited powers. Its founders did not look to its preservation by force; but the chain they… — Jefferson Davis
Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone. — Harry Browne
In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first… — Thomas Jefferson
If politicians were serious about day care for children, instead of just sloganizing about it, nothing they could do would improve the quality of child… — Thomas Sowell
Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others is not an ideal; brutality… — Ayn Rand
The greatest productive force is human selfishness. — Robert A. Heinlein

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