- A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon
because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will be benefited.
- All tax revenue is the result of holding a gun to somebody's head. Not paying taxes is
against the law. If you don't pay your taxes, you'll be fined. If you don't pay the fine,
you'll be jailed. If you try to escape from jail, you'll be shot.
- Despots themselves do not deny the excellence of freedom, but they wish to keep it all
to themselves.
- Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me
liberty, or give me death.
- It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect
our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.
- Many of the deep thinkers in our universities, editorial offices, and social
organizations talk as if people are 'entitled' to what others have worked for. It doesn't
seem to bother them that others are forced to work to support the idle.
- The great and chief end of men uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves under
government, is the preservation of their property.
- The more the state 'plans' the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.
- The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But perhaps you
should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.
- The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing
improvements on unwilling people.
- There is no free lunch.
- We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on
strike against the dogma that the pursuit of one's happiness is evil. We are on strike
against the doctrine that life is guilt.
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- Friedman, Milton -- (1912 to present) American winner of the Nobel Prize for economics
and a leading defender of laissez-faire capitalism.
- von Hayek, Friedrich A. -- (1899 to 1992), Austrian-born American winner of the Nobel
Prize in economics and leading defender of free-market economics.
- Henry, Patrick - (1736 to 1799) American revolutionary leader and member of the First
Continental Congress (1774)
- Locke, John -- (1632 to 1704) English philosopher widely credited for his influence on
the founders of the US and its constitution.
- Mill, John Stuart -- (1806 to 1873) English economist and one of the most influential
philosophers in the English speaking world throughout the 19th century.
- O'Rourke, PJ -- (1947 to present) humourist and writer for National Lampoon and Rolling
Stone.
- Rand, Ayn -- (1905 to 1982) Russian-born American editor of The Objectivist
(1962 to 1971), author of Atlas Shrugged (1957) and many other books of
radical individualism.
- Smith, Adam -- (1723 to 1790) Scottish economist and professor of logic and moral
philosophy, best known for his book The Wealth of Nations (1776).
- Sowell, Thomas -- (1930 to present) highly influential black columnist, Ph.D. in
economics, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of many books.
- Spencer, Herbert (1820 to 1903) English philosopher and advocate of individualism in
such books as Social Statics (1851).
- Szasz, Thomas S. - (1920 to present) Hungarian-born, US educated psychiatrist, author of
many books in support of personal responsibility and against government intervention.
- de Tocqueville, Alexis -- (1805 to 1859), French author of Democracy in America,
and eloquent supporter of personal freedom and limited government.
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