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The broad liberal objective is a balanced and flexible "mixed economy," thus seeking to occupy that middle ground between capitalism and socialism whose viability has… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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
The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively, but nearly always… — John Quiggin
At George Mason University I saw Hoppe present a lecture in which he claimed that Ludwig von Mises had set the intellectual foundation for not… — Tom G. Palmer
But Friedman seemed to share Friedrich Hayek's extreme and inaccurate view that socialism of the sort that Britain embraced under the old Labour Party was… — Richard Posner
One of the more pretentious political self-descriptions is 'Libertarian.' People think it puts them above the fray. It sounds fashionable, and to the uninitiated, faintly… — George Carlin
But the trouble is that he [Alan Greenspan] had been an Ayn Rander. You can take the boy out of the cult but you can't… — Paul Samuelson
I can't resist telling you that when the Vienna Economics Institute celebrated its centennial, many years ago, they invited, as their keynote speaker, my father… — Unknown Author
Theories of "natural law" and the "law of nations" are another excellent example of discussions destitute of all exactness. [...] "Natural law" is simply that… — Vilfredo Pareto
Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence. — Thomas Jefferson
It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot — Ron Paul
They've been taught by too many that this war was necessary when it isn't. — Ron Paul
It is incumbent on a great nation to remain confident, if it wishes to remain free. We need not be ignorant to real threats to… — Ron Paul
The freedom to speak is meaningless without the corollary freedom to keep silent. — Murray Rothbard
We like to imagine that in history, truth will prevail through sheer persuasive power. Sadly, this is not the case. Truth needs champions... — Llewellyn Rockwell
Discovery can give no right of ownership, for whatever is discovered must have been already here to be discovered. If a man makes a wheelbarrow,… — Henry George
To work for libertarianism - to oppose the growth of government and aid the liberation of the individual - used to be an idealistic choice… — Robert Anton Wilson
We won't dispassionately investigate or rationally debate which drugs do what damage and whether or how much of that damage is the result of criminalization.… — P.J. O'Rourke
For every new mouth to feed, there are two hands to produce. — Peter Thomas Bauer
Motion pictures are of course a different medium of expression than the public speech, the radio, the stage, the novel, or the magazine. But the… — William O. Douglas
A policy of subsidizing failures will end in an economy strewn with capital-guzzling industries long past their time of profitability - old companies that cannot… — George Gilder
No nation was ever drunk when wine was cheap. — Thomas Jefferson
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
Decriminalization would take the profit out of drugs and greatly reduce, if not eliminate, the drug-related violence that is currently plaguing our streets. — Kurt Schmoke
Although I am a strong political conservative, I now believe that the costs of our fruitless struggle against illegal drugs are not worth the modest… — Ernest Van den Haag

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