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The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at them.

— Walter Bagehot



Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.

— George Washington



It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, as much as for the right.

— Henry David Thoreau



Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to rap, we should soon want bread.

— Thomas Jefferson



When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money?

— H.D. Thoreau



The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.

— John Locke



Is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else!

— Epictetus



The world’s problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom.

— Julian Simon



The selection of government rulers by means of popular elections makes it essentially impossible for a harmless or decent person to ever rise to the top. Presidents and prime ministers come into their position as a result of their efficiency as morally uninhibited demagogues. Hence, democracy virtually assures that only dangerous men will rise to the top of government.

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe



The people never give up their liberty but under some delusion.

— Edmund Burke