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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
You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.
- — John Kenneth Galbraith
There is no social entity with a good that undergoes some sacrifice for its own good. There are only individual people, different individual people, with their own individual lives. Using one of these people for the benefit of others, uses him and benefits the others. Nothing more.
- — Robert Nozick
"Solve" and "Problems" are not in the constitution.
- — Doug Newman
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
- — Tacitus
The Bill of Rights goes too far—it should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law".
Liberty is an opportunity for doing good, but this is only so when it is also an opportunity for doing wrong.
- — F.A. Hayek
No nation was ever ruined by trade.
- — Benjamin Franklin
History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom.
- — Milton Friedman
All cruelty springs from weakness.
- — Seneca
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