Voluntary Quotes

270 quotes by 202 authors

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… — Ayn Rand
What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus physical coercion or… — Ayn Rand
No individual or private group or private organization has the legal power to initiate the use of physical force against other individuals or groups and… — Ayn Rand
Free-market capitalism is a network of free and voluntary exchanges in which producers work, produce, and exchange their products for the products of others through… — Murray Rothbard
Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions. — Milton Friedman
The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force. — Milton Friedman
Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion - the technique… — Milton Friedman
The true test of one's commitment to liberty and private property rights doesn't come when we permit people to be free to do those voluntary… — Walter E. Williams
Consider Social Security. The young have always contributed to the support of the old. Earlier, the young helped their own parents out of a sense… — Milton Friedman
Adam Smith's key insight was that both parties to an exchange can benefit and that, so long as cooperation is strictly voluntary, no exchange can… — Milton Friedman
To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect… — Samuel Johnson
Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and… — Ronald Reagan
Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity. — Seneca the Younger
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.… — Mahatma Gandhi
The Union was formed by the voluntary agreement of the States; and these, in uniting together, have not forfeited their Nationality, nor have they been… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Government-to-government foreign aid promotes statism, centralized planning, socialism, dependence, pauperization, inefficiency, and waste. It prolongs the poverty it is designed to cure. Voluntary private investment… — Henry Hazlitt
Profit is a signal that valuable services are being rendered to people on a voluntary basis. — Llewellyn Rockwell
In legal parlance, that is called 'the rational person test,' ... That's where somebody else says, 'Even though we have no idea what this person… — Richard John Neuhaus
Whoever reads the gospel with a single eye, and sincere intentions, will find, that our blessed Lord took all opportunities of reminding his disciples that… — George Whitefield
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it. — Samuel Johnson

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