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An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.

— Thomas Jefferson



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

— Oscar Wilde



With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to defraud and plunder the people.

— F.A. Hayek



Ei ole olemassa mitään niin pahaa, etteivät poliitikot voisi pahentaa sitä.

— Thomas Sowell



[...] a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles [...] is absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and keep a government free.

— Benjamin Franklin



The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at them.

— Walter Bagehot



Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

— Mary McCarthy



Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

— Demosthenes



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



Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

— Milton Friedman