Voluntary Quotes

270 Voluntary quotes by 202 unique authors

The truth is that the whole life of the worker is simply a continuous and dismaying succession of terms of serfdom - voluntary from the… — Mikhail Bakunin
Citizens ... should be practitioners of civic virtue in their conduct toward government. They should be ever willing to fulfill the duties of citizenship. This… — Dallin H. Oaks
Voluntary exchange is more moral than forced redistribution. — Ben Shapiro
In a fully free society, taxation-or, to be exact, payment for governmental services-would be voluntary. — Ayn Rand
Leadership, like responsibility, is a voluntary act. — John C. Maxwell
Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune. — Nicholas Ling
In contrast with the law, which imposed giving as a divine requirement, Christian giving is voluntary, and a test of sincerity and love. — C. I. Scofield
We must, therefore, emphasize that 'we' are not the government; the government is not 'us.' The government does not in any accurate sense 'represent' the… — Murray Rothbard
Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for - they swear to that which turns to account. Do you suppose,… — William Hazlitt
There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which we do not… — Fulton J. Sheen
Attorney General John Ashcroft bid farewell to the Justice Department with a goodbye address. The voluntary resignation came as a bit of a disappointment to… — Jon Stewart
It's a voluntary act. I cannot punish anyone not taking the public transport, but I want everyone, from the highest ranking officers to the lowest,… — Veerappa Moily
We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our own… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Every man aims at avoiding what causes him pain; the activities of government ultimately consist in the infliction of pain. All great achievements of mankind… — Ludwig von Mises
It is true that no member state can be required to make payments to others. But if countries want to offer voluntary assistance, as in… — Wolfgang Schauble
Music is so essential to the Cuban character that you can't disentangle it from the history of the nation. the history of Cuban music is… — Ned Sublette
If philanthropy is not voluntary, it destroys liberty and justice. The law can give nothing that has not first been taken from its owner. — Frederic Bastiat
Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants. — Mahatma Gandhi
In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately… — Mahatma Gandhi
There is a perennial and unobtrusive view that morality consists in such things as telling the truth, paying one's debts, respecting one's parents and doing… — Allan Bloom

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