liberty-quotes (57)in #life • 6 years agoLife, Liberty, and Property Do Not Exist“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life…liberty-quotes (57)in #anarchy • 6 years agoThe greater the bureaucratization of public life...“When the government makes loans or subsidies to business, what it does is to tax successful private business in order…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoMan has rights because they are natural rights.“Man has rights because they are natural rights. They are grounded in the nature of man: the individual's capacity for…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoCommerce tends toward rewarding inclusion, broadness, and liberality.“Commerce tends toward rewarding inclusion, broadness, and liberality. Tribal loyalties, ethnic and religious…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoIn particular, the State has arrogated to itself a compulsory monopoly over police and military services...“In particular, the State has arrogated to itself a compulsory monopoly over police and military services, the…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoReal patriotism embraces the wholly immovable belief that without freedom..."Real patriotism embraces the wholly immovable belief that without freedom, the essence of the human soul and the…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoPrivate property and free trade stand on exactly the same footing...“Private property and free trade stand on exactly the same footing, both being essential and indivisible parts of…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoThe overwhelming tendency of markets is to bring people together...“The overwhelming tendency of markets is to bring people together, break down prejudices, persuade people of the need…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoI didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.“I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.” ― Frederick Douglassliberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoIf the bulk of the public were really convinced of the illegitimacy of the State...“If the bulk of the public were really convinced of the illegitimacy of the State, if it were convinced that the State…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoI would entertain the apparently fading idea that patriotism...“I would entertain the apparently fading idea that patriotism that serves the self is greed dressed in the garments of…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoHonoring the value of competence and steadfastness requires a generosity of spirit...“Honoring the value of competence and steadfastness requires a generosity of spirit and a curbing of the passion for…liberty-quotes (57)in #self-reliance • 6 years agoWe don't permit anyone to tell us our business, nor do we wish to tell anyone his.“We don't permit anyone to tell us our business, nor do we wish to tell anyone his. The same goes for moral outlooks.…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoI think we need to consider a radical rewrite of any form of patriotism...“I think we need to consider a radical rewrite of any form of patriotism that serves the individual at the expense of…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoOur legal system does not grant adults a right to liberty...“Our legal system does not grant adults a right to liberty, because they already possess that right; it only revokes…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoOur legal system does not grant adults a right to liberty...“Our legal system does not grant adults a right to liberty, because they already possess that right; it only revokes…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoAll the beliefs, habits, tastes, emotions, mental attitudes that characterize our time are really designed to...“All the beliefs, habits, tastes, emotions, mental attitudes that characterize our time are really designed to sustain…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoJustice requires that you should not place the burdens of one man...“Justice requires that you should not place the burdens of one man on the shoulders of another man, even though he is…liberty-quotes (57)in #liberty • 6 years agoWhat ranks above all else for economic and political reconstruction...“What ranks above all else for economic and political reconstruction is a radical change of ideologies. Economic…liberty-quotes (57)in #coercion • 6 years agoThe ethics of psychiatric therapy is the very negation of the ethics of political liberty...“The ethics of psychiatric therapy is the very negation of the ethics of political liberty. The former embraces…