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Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
- — Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address
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
By virtue of exchange, one man’s prosperity is beneficial to all others.
- — Frédéric Bastiat
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
- — Tacitus
Should our moral beliefs really prove to be dependent on factual assumptions shown to be incorrect, it would be hardly moral to defend them by refusing to acknowledge the facts.
- — F.A. Hayek
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
- — P.J. O’Rourke
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
- — Isaac Asimov
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- — George Bernard Shaw
The most obvious problem with State education is that State teachers will never teach children about the violent nature of the State. How could they? Imagine a teacher telling her students: I am paid with money taken from people by violent means – your parents must pay me or they will be thrown in jail – this entire system of instruction is based on violence – the State uses coercion to achieve its ends. Can you picture any violent system – other than organized crime – being honest about coercion? Of course not.
- — Stefan Molyneux
I might have gone to West Point, but I was too proud to speak to a Congressman.
- — Will Rogers
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