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“It’s the exercise of power, not the exercise of freedom, that requires justification.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“Economic freedom means that people are free to produce and to exchange with others.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“3. We believe that people spend their own money more prudently than they spend other people’s money. So goods and services produced in the competitive marketplace are likely to be produced more efficiently and with more regard for real consumer demand than goods produced by government, and thus we should try to keep as many aspects of life as possible outside the control of government.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“Karl Popper once said that attempts to create heaven on earth invariably produce hell.”
― Libertarianism: A Primer
― Libertarianism: A Primer
“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.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
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