Statists Quotes
- One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable… — Ayn Rand
- It is true that the welfare-statists are not socialists, that they never advocated or intended the socialization of private property, that they want to 'preserve'… — Ayn Rand
- Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly "reforming" their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform. The very fact that they're… — Lawrence Reed
- [Statists] believe that government should make decisions for individuals. Since individuals usually prefer to make their own decisions, coercion and compulsion become necessary correctives. — Theodore J. Forstmann
- An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic… — Alan Greenspan
- Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues and makes them pay off in the marketplace, thus demanding… — Alan Greenspan
- Just because you can watch half-nude women on afternoon television or gay men kissing on the streets of nearly any major city does not mean… — Anthony Gregory
- In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy's mayhem is… — Robert Higgs
- Americans are tired of the games and the lies of today's media. They want the truth. Imagine this. No censors, no barricades, no statists. We… — Ron Paul
- The cult of the omnipotent state has millions of followers in the united States. Americans of today view their government in the same way as… — Jacob G. Hornberger
- The statists want to control the economy. — Grover Norquist
- The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited expansion… — Alan Greenspan
- The terrible tabulation of the French statists brings every piece of whim and humor to be reducible also to exact numerical ratios. If one man… — Ralph Waldo Emerson