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The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

— Mark Skousen



Anarchy—it’s not the law, it’s just a good idea.



I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

— Will Rogers



There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

— Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged



Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

— George Orwell, in "1984"



An economy breathes through its tax loopholes.

— Barry Bracewell-Milnes



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



Sotien jälkeisenä aikana se, mitä Suomessa saa sanoa, on ollut hyvin tarkkaan säädeltyä. Yhteiskunnallisesta keskustelusta on tullut salatiedettä, johon vain asiaan vihkiytyneiden sopii osallistua. Yhteiskunnallisen keskustelijan nauttima julkinen tunnustus ja arvostus on riippunut suoraan siitä, miten jyrkässä ristiriidassa hänen näkemyksenä ovat intuition, ts. maalaisjärjen, kanssa.

— Jussi Halla-aho



The process of social selection that determines each individual's position and income is continuously going on in the market economy. Great fortunes are shrinking and finally melting away completely while other people, born in poverty, ascend to eminent positions and considerable incomes. Where there are no privileges and where governments do not grant protection to vested interests threatened by the superior efficiency of newcomers, those who have acquired wealth in the past are forceed to acquire it every day anew in competition with all other people.

— Ludwig von Mises



A policy of freedom for the individual is the only truly progressive policy.

— F.A. Hayek