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Social cooperation under the division of labor is the ultimate and sole source of man's success in his struggle for survival and his endeavors to improve as much as possible the material conditions of his well-being. But as human nature is, society cannot exist if there is no provision for preventing unruly people from actions incompatible with community life.
- — Ludwig von Mises
Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
- — Bertrand Russell
[...] a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles [...] is absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and keep a government free.
- — Benjamin Franklin
If you don't trust gold, do you trust the logic of taking a beautiful pine tree, worth about $4,000 - $5,000, cutting it up, turning it into pulp and then paper, putting some ink on it and then calling it one billion dollars?
- — Kenneth J. Gerbino
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
- — H.L. Mencken
Everything secret degenerates; nothing is safe that does not bear discussion and publicity.
- — Lord Acton
From a strictly economic point of view, buying gold in a major inflation and holding it probably presents the least risk of capital loss of any investment or speculation.
- — Henry Hazlitt
Marxists get up early in the morning to further their cause. We must get up even earlier.
- — Margaret Thatcher
Today, little is left of this ethic of private property and its anti-government vigilance. Although they now take place on a much grander scale, governmental appropriations of private property owners are overwhelmingly regarded as legitimate. There is no longer a general public opinion that regards government as an antisocial institution based on coercion and unjust property acquisitions, to be opposed and ridiculed everywhere and at all times on principled grounds.
- — Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one’s government is not necessarily to secure freedom.
- — F.A. Hayek
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