One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain. – Thomas Sowell
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There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power
There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly. – Henry David Thoreau
“Need” Now Means Wanting Someone Else’s Money. “Greed” Means Wanting To Keep Your Own. “Compassion” is When a Politician Arranges The Transfer.
“Need” Now Means Wanting Someone Else’s Money. “Greed” Means Wanting To Keep Your Own. “Compassion” is When a Politician Arranges The Transfer. – Joseph Sobran
A Businessman Cannot Force You to Buy His Product
A businessman cannot force you to buy his product; if he makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences; if he fails, he takes the loss. A bureaucrat forces you to obey his decisions, whether you agree with him or not—and the more advanced the stage of a country’s statism, the wider and more discretionary the…
There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree they shall be taught, and …
There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree they shall be taught, and expropriate from the parents the funds to pay for the procedure. – Isabel Paterson
The Law Cannot Organize Labor and Industry Without Organizing Injustice
Try to imagine a regulation of labor imposed by force that is not a violation of liberty; a transfer of wealth imposed by force that is not a violation of property. If you cannot reconcile these contradictions, then you must conclude that the law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice. – Frederic Bastiat
What Multiculturalism Boils Down To
What ‘multiculturalism’ boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture – and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture. – Thomas Sowell
I Want The People of America to Be Able to Work Less For The Government and More For Themselves
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. That is the chief meaning of freedom. Until we can re-establish a condition under which the earnings of the people can be kept by the…
The greater the number of laws and enactments, the more thieves and robbers there will be
The greater the number of laws and enactments, the more thieves and robbers there will be. – Lao Tzu