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- I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.
- When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to…
- A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by…
- 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…
- In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their…
- 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…
- The right to agree with others is not a problem in any society; it is the right to disagree that is crucial. It is the…
- The first society in history whose leaders were neither Attilas nor Witch Doctors, a society led, dominated and created by the Producers, was the United…
- Ideas, in a free society, are not a crime- and neither can they serve as the justification of a crime.
- A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limit the freedom of his mind, or…
- Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy.
- If it were true that men could achieve their good by means of turning some men into sacrificial animals, and . . . if I…
- If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only…
- When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed
- Living in a society, instead of on a desert island, does not relieve a man of the responsibility of supporting his own life.
- Doctors are not servants of their patients, they are traders like everyone else in a free society and they should bear that title proudly considering…
- The social system based on and consonant with the altruist morality-with the code of self-sacrifice- is socialism, in all or any of its variants: fascism,…
- Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
- No advocate of reason can claim the right to force his ideas on others. No advocate of the free mind can claim the right to…
- Individualism regards man - every man - as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from…
- Collectivism answers: The power of society is unlimited. Society may make any laws it wishes, and force them upon anyone in any manner it wishes.
- In a fully free society, taxation-or, to be exact, payment for governmental services-would be voluntary.
- A majority vote is not an epistemological validation of an idea. Voting is merely a proper political device--within a strictly, constitutionall y delimited sphere of…
- When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion...th at in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men…
- Government control of the economy, no matter in whose behalf, has been the source of all the evils in our industrial society -- and the…
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- The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been… — J. J. Abrams
- Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants… — Karen Armstrong
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand. — Neil Armstrong
- At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics met at… — Rudolf Arnheim
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
- When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society… — Isaac Asimov
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi