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That government is best which governs not at all.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson



Common sense is not so common.

— Voltaire



The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be.

— Lao-Tse



The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax.

— Albert Einstein



The ultimate purpose of the Soviet Union was to create a new historic entity, the Soviet people, all around the globe. The same is true in the EU today. They are trying to create a new people. They call this people “Europeans”, whatever that means.

— Vladimir Bukovsky



Most of these amazing intrusions into personal liberty have occurred over the past 90 years, since the introduction of the income tax. They have been accepted by a population helpless to challenge the endless expansions of State power – and yet, even though most citizens have received endless pro-State propaganda in government schools, a growing rebellion is brewing. State predations are now so intrusive that they have effectively arrested the forward momentum of society, which now hangs before a fall.

— Stefan Molyneux



Most of these amazing intrusions into personal liberty have occurred over the past 90 years, since the introduction of the income tax. They have been accepted by a population helpless to challenge the endless expansions of State power – and yet, even though most citizens have received endless pro-State propaganda in government schools, a growing rebellion is brewing. State predations are now so intrusive that they have effectively arrested the forward momentum of society, which now hangs before a fall.

— Stefan Molyneux



Whereas states disarm their citizens so as to be able to rob them more surely (thereby rendering them more vulnerable also to criminal and terrorist attack), a natural order is characterized by an armed citizenry. This feature is furthered by insurance companies, which play a prominent role as providers of security and protection in a natural order. Insurers will encourage gun ownership by offering lower premiums to armed (and weapons-trained) clients.

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe



A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

— George Bernard Shaw



Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only.

— Adam Smith