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One cannot say, by any stretch of the imagination, that the homesteaders, the producers, and the contractors who must surrender part of their assets to a government have demanded such a service. Instead, they must be coerced into accepting it, and this is conclusive proof of the fact that the service is not actually in demand at all. Hence, demand cannot be considered as a limit on the size of government. Insofar as it grows, the state grows by acting in open contradiction to demand.

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe



[...] when men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

— Thomas Paine



More law, less justice.

— Marcus Cicero



It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

— Voltaire



During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

— George Orwell



The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

— Lord Acton



Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.

— Thomas Paine



All Governments, including the worst on earth and the most tyrannical on earth, are free Governments to that portion of the people who voluntarily support them.

— Lysander Spooner



The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor.

— Isaiah Berlin



How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.

— Abraham Lincoln