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Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office. — Allen Weinstein
"It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to their governors the… — Thomas Jefferson
... legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property... Another means of silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation… — Thomas Jefferson
Unlike side issues like unemployment, unions, and minimum-wage laws, the subject of work itself is almost entirely absent from libertarian literature. Most of what little… — Bob Black
Environmental laws give power to the people. Republicans can huff, puff and scream about what they consider strict regulations, but when they cry out for… — Unknown Author
A properly functioning free market system does not spring spontaneously from society's soil as crabgrass springs from suburban lawns. Rather, it is a complex creation… — George Will
In contrast, markets - oft mythologized as "natural" are the most unnatural things going. Libertarians will tell you "market laws are laws of nature", what… — David Brin
Minimum wage laws tragically generate unemployment, especially among the poorest and least skilled or educated workers... Because a minimum wage, of course, does not guarantee… — Murray Rothbard
The consumers suffer when the laws of the country prevent the most efficient entrepreneurs from expanding the sphere of their activities. What made some enterprises… — Ludwig von Mises
Laws do not curb the lawless. After all, that's why we call them 'lawless.' — Unknown Author
The mystery of the universe, and the meaning of God's world, are shrouded in hopeless obscurity, until we learn to feel that all laws suppose… — Alexander MacLaren
When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have… — John Wooden
Youth Liberation has argued for some time that young people should have the right to have sex as well as not to have it, and… — Gayle Rubin
Our current draconian laws prohibiting the use of marijuana by responsible adults are doubly flawed. Not only does such prohibition violate fundamental freedoms but also.… — Nadine Strossen
Let the gods into your life and you rapidly lose faith in the natural laws. — Megan Whalen Turner
Mother's milk would be banned by the food safety laws of industrialized nations if it were sold as a packaged good. — Paul Hawken
This tendency to make laws that are convenient or advantageous rather than right has mushroomed. — John Howard Griffin
It was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness. — Eugene Wigner
The miracle of the appropriateness of the language of mathematics for the formulation of the laws of physics is a wonderful gift which we neither… — Eugene Wigner
The most important fundamental laws and facts of physical science have all been discovered, and these are now so firmly established that the possibility of… — Unknown Author
Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual principles you wish to exemplify, abide by these… — Epictetus
Plain living and high thinking are no more. The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure… — William Wordsworth
Sometimes we are clarified and calmed healthily, as we never were before in our lives, not by an opiate, but by some unconscious obedience to… — Henry David Thoreau
UNDERSTANDING, n. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a house from a horse by the roof on the house. Its nature… — Ambrose Bierce
First, it is necessary to study the facts, to multiply the number of observations, and then later to search for formulas that connect them so… — Augustin-Louis Cauchy

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