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But to manipulate men, to propel them towards goals which you-the-social-reformers see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat them as objects without wills of their own, and therefore to degrade them.
- — Isaiah Berlin
If all mankind were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
- — John Stuart Mill
The socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults.
- — Robert Nozick
It is easy to be conspicuously "compassionate" if others are being forced to pay the cost.
- — Murray Rothbard
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.
- — Daniel Webster
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.
- — Frédéric Bastiat
The conception that government should be guided by majority opinion makes sense only if that opinion is independent of government. The ideal of democracy rests on the belief that the view which will direct government emerges from an independent and spontaneous process. It requires, therefore, the existence of a large sphere independent of majority control in which the opinions of the individuals are formed.
- — F.A. Hayek
Totalitarismi on pakotettava hallitsemaan väkivallalla, koska tällöin se paljastaa itsensä. Jos se onnistuu hallitsemaan pelkällä pelolla, väärinajattelijoita yhden kerrallaan vaientamalla, ihmiset luulevat elävänsä vapaudessa ja yhteiskuntaamme riivaava syöpä saa kasvaa rauhassa.
- — Jussi Halla-aho
Gold was not selected arbitrarily by governments to be the monetary standard. Gold had developed for many centuries on the free market as the best money; as the commodity providing the most stable and desirable monetary medium.
- — Murray N. Rothbard
For every new mouth to feed, there are two hands to produce.
- — Peter Bauer
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