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We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

William Graham Sumner
Sacrifice, Effort, Liberty
William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.15, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Here we are, then, once more back at the old doctrine - Laissez faire. Let us translate it into blunt English, and it will read, Mind your own business. It is nothing but the doctrine of liberty. Let every man be happy in his own way.

William Graham Sumner
Men, Mind Your Own Business, Liberty
William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.104, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare.

William Graham Sumner
Men, Law, Liberty
William Graham Sumner (2007). “The Forgotten Man and Other Essays”, p.472, Cosimo, Inc.

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