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A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.
- — F.A. Hayek
Those who become the leaders of states are ultimately conformists on most crucial issues, and individuals who evaluate information in a rational manner—and therefore frequently criticize traditional premises—are weeded out early in their careers.
- — Gabriel Kolko: Another Century of War?
The Bill of Rights goes too far—it should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law".
The great merit of gold is precisely that it is scarce; that its quantity is limited by nature; that it is costly to discover, to mine, and to process; and that it cannot be created by political fiat or caprice.
- — Henry Hazlitt
If this be treason, then let us make the most of it.
- — Patrick Henry
The most may err as grossly as the few.
- — John Dryden
What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.
- — Ludwig von Mises
Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and willultimately lose its wealth as well.
- — W. Somerset Maugham, paraphrased
We have become accustomed to the idea that a natural system like the human body or an ecosystem regulates itself. To explain the regulation, we look for feedback loops rather than a central planning and directing body. But somehow our intuitions about self-regulation without central direction do not carry over to the artificial systems of human society.
- — Herbert Simon
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
- — Karl Hess
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