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The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

— Thomas Sowell



War is delightful to those who have not experienced it.

— Erasmus



There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

— John Adams



You may not take an interest in politics, but politics takes an interest in you.

— Pericles



A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

— Oscar Wilde



What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?

— Thomas Jefferson



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



It is no accident that the European Parliament, for example, reminds me of the Supreme Soviet. It looks like the Supreme Soviet because it was designed like it. Similary, when you look at the European Commission it looks like the Politburo. I mean it does so exactly, except for the fact that the Commission now has 25 members and the Politburo usually had 13 or 15 members.

— Vladimir Bukovsky



From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

— Robert Nozick



I’d rather have my country die for me.

— James Joyce