Jacob Scupp

“the political left, would argue that the “right to life” means that everyone has a fundamental right to the necessities of life: food, clothing, shelter, medical care, maybe even an eight-hour day and two weeks of vacation. But if the right to life means that, then it means that one person has a right to force other people to give him things, violating their equal rights.”
― David Boaz, The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom

“Some forms of socialism and collectivism are – explicitly or implicitly – based on the notion that many people are not competent to make decisions about their own lives, so that the more talented should make decisions for them. But that would mean there were no universal human rights, only rights that some have and others do not, denying the essential humanity of those who are deemed to be owned.”
― David Boaz, The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom

“The people who benefit from the existing system won’t willingly downsize government even if all the customers desert it.”
― David Boaz, The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom

“When rights become merely legal claims attached to interests and preferences, the stage is set for political and social conflict.”
― David Boaz, The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom