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Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing read more
Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what has worked with what sounded good. In area after area- crime, education, housing, race relations- the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.
Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.
Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also read more
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will read more
There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer.
The part of our social order which can or ought to be made a conscious product of human reason is read more
The part of our social order which can or ought to be made a conscious product of human reason is only a small part of all the forces of society.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them read more
Oh, I'm not going to do anything to them. The thought that I might will be enough to keep them going.
Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
Neither "property" nor the value of property is a physical thing. Property is a set of defined options...It is that read more
Neither "property" nor the value of property is a physical thing. Property is a set of defined options...It is that set of options which has economic value...It is the options, and not the physical things, which are the "property" - economically as well as legally...But because the public tends to think of property as tangible, physical things, this opens the way politically for government confiscation of property by forcibly taking away options while leaving the physical objects untouched.