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2014 April 04
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"The man who lives under the servitude of laws takes,
without being aware of it, the soul of a slave. |
"Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?" |
"Whenever 'A' attempts by law to impose
his moral standards upon 'B',
'A' is most likely a scoundrel." |
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2014 April 03
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"The essence of a free life is being able
to choose the style of living you prefer
free from exclusion and without the compulsion
of conformity or law." |
"Everyone has his own conscience,
and there should be no rules about
how a conscience should function." |
"When we have begun to take charge of our lives, to own ourselves,
there is no longer any need to ask permission of someone." |
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2014 April 02
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"Every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add... artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society -- the farmers, mechanics, and laborers -- who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government." |
"We continue to claim that nobody is supposed to ignore the law.
But we must give some credit to those who know it." |
"It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is today, can guess what it will be tomorrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?" |
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2014 April 01
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"Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than
private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument
gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies
to all subjects." |
"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice." |
"Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws." |
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2014 March 31
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"An anarchist is anyone
who doesn't need a cop
to tell him what to do." |
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system." |
"Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop,
free to work, free to trade where I choose,
free to choose my own teachers,
free to follow the religion of my fathers,
free to talk, think and act for myself --
and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty." |
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