All Power Tends to Corrupt and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. – Lord Acton
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Wherever There Are Forces That Would Destroy the Human Spirit and Diminish Human Potential, They Must Be Recognized, and They Must Be Countered
Evil still stalks the planet. Its ideology may be nothing more than bloodlust; no program more complex than economic plunder or military aggrandizement. But it is evil all the same. …
The First Lesson of Economics is Scarcity
The first lesson of economics is scarcity. There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first …
Most Economic Fallacies Device from the Tendency to Assume That There is a Fixed Pie, That One Party Can Gain Only At the Expense of Another.
Most Economic Fallacies Device from the Tendency to Assume That There is a Fixed Pie, That One Party Can Gain Only At the Expense of Another. – Milton Friedman
The Nine Most Terrifying Words in the English Language Are: I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help
The Nine Most Terrifying Words in the English Language Are: I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help – Ronald Reagan
A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
Whenever You Try to Do Good with Someone Else’s Money, You Are Committed to Using Force
Whenever you try to do good with someone else’s money, you are committed to using force. How can you do good with somebody else’s money, unless you take it away …
I Have Never Let My Schooling Interfere With My Education
I Have Never Let My Schooling Interfere With My Education – Mark Twain
Spontaneous Order
A spontaneous order is a system which has developed not through the central direction or patronage of one or a few individuals but through the unintended consequences of the decisions …
Censorship Is Telling a Man He Can’t Have a Steak Just Because a Baby Can’t Chew It.
Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it. – Mark Twain
A Government Big Enough to Give You Everything You Want is Big Enough to Take From You Everything You Have
A Government Big Enough to Give You Everything You Want is Big Enough to Take From You Everything You Have – Gerald Ford
Concentrated Power is Not Rendered Harmless by the Good Intentions of Those Who Create It
Concentrated Power is Not Rendered Harmless by the Good Intentions of Those Who Create It. – Milton Friedman
A People Who Are Possessed of the Spirit of Commerce, Who See and Who Will Pursue Their Advantages May Achieve Almost Anything.
A People Who Are Possessed of the Spirit of Commerce, Who See and Who Will Pursue Their Advantages May Achieve Almost Anything. – George Washington
The Less Government We Have, The Better
The Less Government We Have, The Better – Ralph Waldo Emerson Hence, the less government we have, the better,—the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this …
A Government Which Lays Taxes on the People Not Required by Urgent Public Necessity and Sound Public Policy Is Not a Protector of Liberty…
A Government Which Lays Taxes on the People Not Required by Urgent Public Necessity and Sound Public Policy Is Not a Protector of Liberty, but an Instrument of Tyranny. It …