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Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object… — Frederic Bastiat
But we assure the socialists that we repudiate only forced organization, not natural organization. We repudiate the forms of association that are forced upon us,… — Frederic Bastiat
No very deep knowledge of economics is usually needed for grasping the immediate effects of a measure; but the task of economics is to foretell… — Ludwig von Mises
The libertarian creed...offers the fulfillment of the best of the American past along with the promise of a far better future. Libertarians are squarely in… — Murray Rothbard
The monetary managers are fond of telling us that they have substituted 'responsible money management' for the gold standard. But there is no historic record… — Henry Hazlitt
Government is necessary, but the only rights we can delegate to government are the ones we possess. For example, we all have a natural right… — Walter E. Williams
Communism and socialism is [sic] seductive. It promises us that people will contribute according to ability and receive according to needs. Everybody is equal. Everybody… — Walter E. Williams
In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves. — Walter E. Williams
I use the word inquiry as synonymous with The Work...Inquiry is a way to end confusion and to experience internal peace, even in a world… — Byron Katie
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to… — George Washington
Unless virtue guide us our choice must be wrong. — William Penn
Today it would be progress if everyone would stop talking about values. Instead, let us talk, as the Founders did, about virtues. — George Will
I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely… — Thomas Jefferson
People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to… — Joseph Sobran
Freedom is essentially a condition of inequality, not equality. It recognizes as a fact of nature the structural differences inherent in man - in temperament,… — Frank Chodorov
Few of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make sense. The thought that the State has lost its mind and is… — Arthur Miller
The laws of economics tell us that the expansion of the central state can't go on forever. Its limit is reached when the looted turn… — Llewellyn Rockwell
If there be any among us who wish to dissolve the Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed, as monuments of… — Thomas Jefferson
Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone. — Harry Browne
They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater and that's what… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us… — Antonin Scalia
Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law. — Clarence Thomas
But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora of laws made for our… — Alan Watts
Remember, to them it is us who are the enemy. — N. F. Simpson
Failure leaves open a door for us to try, and try again. — Robert M. Hensel

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