Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2019-06-12 Jun 12, 2019The practical objection to Puritanism, as to every form of fanaticism, is that it singles out certain evils as so much worse than others that they must be suppressed at all costs. The fanatic fails to recognise that the suppression of a real evil, if carried out too drastically, produces other evils which are even greater.~ Bertrand RussellThe majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.~ Thomas JeffersonForce is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force.~ Thomas Sowell Jun 11, 2019Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.~ Theodore RooseveltTo see what is in front of one's nose requires a constant struggle.~ George OrwellOutwardly we have a Constitutional government. We have operating within our government and political system, another body representing another form of government, a bureaucratic elite which believes our Constitution is outmoded.~ Senator William Jenner Jun 10, 2019Politicians never accuse you of ‘greed’ for wanting other people’s money—only for wanting to keep your own money.~ Joseph SobranThe people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.~ Lao-TzuPublic Choice theory, if nothing else, has taught economists to consider the state as it is, not as it should be in a dream world: the state is a potential tyrant, not a benevolent God.~ Pierre Lemieux Jun 7, 2019[S]tatism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power -- to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. ... Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.~ Ayn RandTaxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.~ Robert A. HeinleinThere are two distinct classes of men in the nation, those who pay taxes, and those who receive and live upon the taxes.~ Thomas Paine Jun 6, 2019Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffers, not the state.~ Mark TwainThe state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime. ~ Max Stirner 'Extremism' is a word deliberately chosen for its vagueness and used by intellectual slobs who are too desperate, sneaky or lazy to say exactly what they mean. Its only purpose is to deliberately try to confuse the difference between people who are extremely good (usually because of devotion to their principles) with people who are extremely bad. The sleazeballs who use this supposedly scary, yet undefined word are not only trying to smear people of conviction and integrity, but they're also trying to divert attention away from the fact that they are obviously not people of principle themselves.~ Rick Gaber Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print