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No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.
- — Thomas Jefferson
Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
- — Alexis de Tocqueville
The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax.
- — Albert Einstein
Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power vested in it; a liberty to follow my own will in all things, when the rule prescribes not, and not to be subject to the inconstant, unknown, arbitrary will of another man.
- — John Locke
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- — Lord Acton
The gold standard makes the money's purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This is not a defect of the gold standard; it is its main excellence.
- — Ludwig von Mises
You can make it illegal, but you can’t make it unpopular.
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men.
- — Milton Friedman
What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.
- — Ludwig von Mises
The plans differ, the planners are all alike...
- — Frédéric Bastiat
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