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A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.

— F.A. Hayek



The government is our servant, not our master.

— Thomas Jefferson



It is better to correct your own faults than those of another.

— Democritus



Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

— Will Rogers



A pessimist asked God for relief.

"Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God.

"No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them."

"The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something—the mortality of the optimist."

— Ambrose Bierce, in "The Devil’s Dictionary", 1911



No nation was ever drunk when wine was cheap.

— Thomas Jefferson



For more than two thousand years gold's natural qualities made it man's universal medium of exchange. In contrast to political money, gold is honest money that survived the ages and will live on long after the political fiats of today have gone the way of all paper.

— Hans F. Sennholz



The more the state plans, the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

— F.A. Hayek



To steal from one person is theft. To steal from many is taxation.

— Daiell’s Law, a take-off on Felson’s Law



As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

— Oscar Wilde