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From these activists we can learn a crucial lesson: without citizens creating the institutions necessary for facilitating the growth of public deliberation, democracy will be… — Kevin Mattson
Democracy is nothing but the Tyranny of Majorities, the most abominable tyranny of all, for it is not based on the authority of a religion,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a shining ore, and called it gold: before whose image bow… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come… — Martin Luther
Some of the most serious fallacies of traditional economics have been due to confusion between optimum and equilibrium conditions; the apparent influence of Dr. Pangloss… — Sir John Richard Hicks
Political Economy, in truth, has never pretended to give advice to mankind with no lights but its own; though people who knew nothing but political… — John Stuart Mill
How great, my friends, is the virtue of living upon a little! — Horace
So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart. — Arthur Guiterman
There is no such thing as society, there is a living tapestry of men and women and the beauty of that tapestry, and the quality… — Margaret Thatcher
If ever again our nation stumbles upon unfunded paper, it shall surely be like death to our body politic. This country will crash. — George Washington
Who then would not like to see these benefits flow upon the world from the law, as from an inexhaustible source?... But is it possible?...… — Frederic Bastiat
Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new and better accessible… — Ludwig von Mises
The main propoganda trick of supporters of the allegedly "progressive" policy of government control is to blame capitalism for all that is unsatisfactory in present-day… — Ludwig von Mises
And for man to look upon himself as a capital good, even if it did not impair his freedom, may seem to debase him... by… — Unknown Author
The real economic cleavage is not... between employers and employed, but between all who do constructive work, from scientist to laborer, on the one hand,… — R. H. Tawney
Government should be good for the liberty of the governed, and that is when it governs to the least possible degree. It should be good… — Augustin Thierry
In my judgment, we have to avoid, at all costs, tax increases. That would be the worst possible thing to do and will make a… — Meg Whitman
Why am I doing the work I'm doing? Why am I friends with this person? Am I living the best life I possibly can? Questions… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
You often get a better hold upon a problem by going away from it for a time and dismissing it from your mind altogether. — Unknown Author
Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built. — Brian Tracy

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