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2010 April 02
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"There is danger from all men.
The only maxim of a free government
ought to be to trust no man living with power
to endanger the public liberty." |
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2010 April 01
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"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable, that all men are
created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they
derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation
of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." |
"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion,
mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person
than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind." |
"[Natural rights are] moral claims to those spheres of action which are necessary for the welfare of the individual and the development of his personality." |
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2010 March 31
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"Nothing appears more surprising to those who
consider human affairs with a philosophical eye,
than the ease with which the many are governed by the few." |
"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency.
An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty." |
"Since people, in a competitive or any other society, are by no means always just to each other, some regulation by the state in its capacity of umpire is unavoidable, What must be kept in mind is that the greatest injustice of all is done when the umpire forgets that he too is bound by the rules, and begins to make them as between contestants in behalf of his own prejudices." |
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2010 March 30
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"The only freedom deserving the name,
is that of pursuing our own good in our own way,
so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs,
or impede their efforts to obtain it.
Each is the proper guardian of his own health,
whether bodily, or mental and spiritual.
Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other
to live as seems good to themselves,
than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." |
"And this I must fight against: any idea, religion or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about. I can understand why a system built on a pattern must try to destroy the free mind, for this is the one thing which can by inspection destroy such a system." |
"It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something." |
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2010 March 29
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"Communism and socialism is [sic] seductive. It promises us that people will contribute according to ability and receive according to needs. Everybody is equal. Everybody has a right to decent housing, decent food and affordable medical care. History should have taught us that when we hear people talk this stuff -- watch out!" |
"Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself
the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice and
the exercise of choice, a man is not a man but a member,
an instrument, a thing." |
"The individual is the true reality of life. A cosmos in himself, he does not exist for the State, nor for that abstraction called 'society,' or the 'nation,' which is only a collection of individuals." |
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