John Pugsley Quotes

I am unable to accept the idea that I should be an obedient subject of a gang of corrupt, unprincipled thugs who pontificate about freedom while enslaving the population.

When government taxes and regulates, what is seen are the visible effects of government contracts, grants, and subsidies. What is not seen are all of the property, business, and jobs that would have been created if citizens were left with the right to choose.

All of political history history can be summed up as a struggle to throw the bad guys out and put the good guys in.

How to obtain freedom has been, and is, mankind's most important quest.

Size of industry, concentration of market, or production notwithstanding, the consumer is best served when the businessman is completely free to pursue his profit goals.

Being the richest man on a sinking ship is a bitter victory

Any time you read that your government is erecting tariff barriers, supporting threatened industries with subsidies, or interfering in any way with free trade between individuals or nations, you must realize that your standard of living is being lowered as a result.

Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs.

Monopoly power is an illusion in any system in which free competition is allowed.

Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve.

In Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself acknowledged that only 20% of the destruction inflicted by his invasion was inflicted on military objectives. Civilian non-combatants, essentially innocents, suffered 80% of the losses.

The consumer gets the best deal when the product is cheapest, and the product is cheapest when people can freely compete in the market place.

Only in situations where competition is illegal will competition not act naturally to bring the best product at the lowest price to the consumer.

Peace and prosperity are inversely proportional to the level of taxation.

...human beings always have and always will seek havens where we are free to be productive and to keep the property we create.