Liberty Quotes - Page 9
George Washington, J. M. Williams (1800). “Washington's political legacies: To which is annexed an appendix, containing an account of his illness, death, and the national tributes of respect paid to his memory, with a biographical outline of his life and character”, p.90
For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.
"The Essential Leviathan: A Modernized Edition".
Edmund Burke (2005). “Burke, Select Works”, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Bertrand Russell (1960). “Sceptical Essays”
"The Spirit of the Laws". Treatise by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Book XXIX: Of the Manner of Composing Laws, Ch. 16: Things to be Observed in the Composing of Laws, 1748.
Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press
"The Economist", p. 67, October 8, 2011.
Herbert Spencer (1978). “The Principles of Ethics”
Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.242, Hackett Publishing
Saint John Chrysostom, William John Copeland (1840). “Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians: And Homilies on the Epistle to the Ephesians, of S. John Chrysostom ...”, p.81
The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.
Ludwig Von Mises (1947). “Planned Chaos”, p.15, Ludwig von Mises Institute
A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.
"Law, Legislation and Liberty" by Friedrich August von Hayek, Vol. 2 : The Mirage of Social Justice, (Ch. 9), 1976.
Edmund Burke (1828). “The Beauties of Burke: Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.86
Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.100, Penguin
Andrew Johnson (1862). “Expulsion of Mr. Bright: Speech of Hon. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, January 31, 1862”, p.16