Distinction Quote by Leonard Read Download Open image “There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax.” — Leonard Read ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Distinction Income Income tax Libertarian Moral Progressive Taxes
[S]tatism is but socialized dishonesty; it is feathering the nests of some with feathers coercively plucked from others - on the grand scale. There… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant. — George Washington Copy Share Image
government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Once an activity has been socialized, it is impossible to point out, by concrete example, how men in a free market could better conduct… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
There is no moral distinction between petty thievery and 'from each according to ability, to each according to need.' — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
Whenever government assumed responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of citizens, the costs of government rise beyond the point where it is politically… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
The solution to this problem [welfare-statism] must take a positive form: the restoration of a faith in what free men can accomplish. — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
The libertarian can have no truck with 'left' or 'right' because he regrets any form of authoritarianism - the use of police force to… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
Is it not obvious that the more complex an economy, the more certainly will governmental control of productive effort exert a retarding influence? — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
In market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all! — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth. — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
What precisely is this disease that causes inflation and all these other troubles? It has many popular names, such as socialism, communism, state interventionism,… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
The right way is the greatest gratifier of human wishes ever come upon - when allowed to operate. It is as morally sound as the Golden Rule. It is the way of willing exchange, of common consent, of self-responsibility, of open opportunity. It respects the right of each to the product of his labor. It limits the police force to… — Leonard Read Copy Share
[S]tatism is but socialized dishonesty; it is feathering the nests of some with feathers coercively plucked from others - on the grand scale. There… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
There is really nothing that can be done except by an individual. Only individuals can learn. Only individuals can think creatively. Only individuals can… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some… — Edward Einhorn Copy Share Image
The fact -- not theory -- that evolution has occurred and the Darwinian theory as to how it occurred have become so confused in… — George Gaylord Simpson Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
If I have a system it is limited to a recognition of what Kierkegaard called 'the infinite qualitative distinction' between time and eternity — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“In your goals to go the extra mile, prepare to pay an extra cost. Excellence is to be exceptional, surpassing, more competent and a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories. — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
Where did you find that one?" "I have no idea. I'm a magnet for crazies, I guess." "They must be able to sense a… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike - and I don't think there really is a distinction between the… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity. — Abdus Salam Copy Share Image
I think it is important for all those young out there - who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and… — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for an audience. The more the merrier. I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share