RufusYoakam

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RufusYoakam
2051d
“But let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?”
― Walter E. Williams
RufusYoakam
2052d
"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -
Milton Friedman
RufusYoakam
2087d
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

-Mark Twain
RufusYoakam
2121d
"The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject." - Marcus Aurelius
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2127d
“I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable.” - Kurt Hofmann
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2144d
"Entropy isn't what it used to be..."
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2145d
"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."
RufusYoakam
2146d
"Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted."

- Ralph W. Emerson
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2146d
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." – Sir Winston Churchill.
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2172d
"... the Constitution ... has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist" - Lysander Spooner
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2184d
"Democracy virtually assures that only bad and dangerous men will ever rise to the top of government." - Hans-Hermann Hoppe
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2188d
"You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest." – Ambrose Bierce
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2191d
"The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government." Henry Ward Beecher
RufusYoakam
2192d
"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom." Bob Dylan
RufusYoakam
2193d
“Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance.” Woodrow Wilson.
RufusYoakam
2194d
"Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others." – William Allen White
RufusYoakam
2195d
“Anarchism is democracy taken seriously.” ― Edward Abbey
RufusYoakam
2196d
“The belief in "government" is not based on reason; it is based on faith.” - Larkin Rose
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2197d
"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul." – George Bernard Shaw
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2199d
"When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence." – Gary Lloyd
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2200d
"The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it." – John Hay
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2201d
"The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic." – H.L. Mencken
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2202d
"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations." – David Friedman
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2203d
"Tolerance is a better guarantee of freedom than brotherly love; for a man may love his brother so much that he feels himself thereby appointed his brother's keeper." - Martin
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2204d
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. – Thomas Jefferson