Havens Quote by John Pugsley

“...human beings always have and always will seek havens where we are free to be productive and to keep the property we create.”

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When government taxes and regulates, what is seen are the visible effects of government contracts, grants, and subsidies. What is not seen are all…

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Peace and prosperity are inversely proportional to the level of taxation.

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Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve.

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In Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself…

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Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs.

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Only in situations where competition is illegal will competition not act naturally to bring the best product at the lowest price to the consumer.

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All of political history history can be summed up as a struggle to throw the bad guys out and put the good guys in.

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Monopoly power is an illusion in any system in which free competition is allowed.

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