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Josiah Warren was an American author and social reformer born in 1798 and died on April 14, 1874. He was an early advocate for anarchism and the free market, known for his unique insights into individual freedom and property rights.

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“It has now become a very common sentiment, that there is some deep and radical wrong somewhere, and that legislators have proved themselves incapable of discovering, or, of remedying it.”

Common Radical Sentiments Discovering Incapable Legislators

Book:Equitable commerce: a new development of principles as substitutes for laws and governments, for the harmonious adjustment and regulation of the pecuniary, intellectual, and moral intercourse of mankind, proposed as elements of new society

Source: Equitable commerce: a new development of principles as substitutes for laws and governments, for the harmonious adjustment and regulation of the pecuniary, intellectual, and moral intercourse of mankind, proposed as elements of new society

“Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of societies or any other artificial combinations IS the first, greatest, and most fatal mistake ever committed by legislators and by reformers.”

Knows Firsts Mistake Heard Subjects Committed Combination Artificial Principal Legislators Reformers Fatal Mistakes

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“To require conformity in the appreciation of sentiments or the interpretation of language, or uniformity of thought, feeling, or action, is a fundamental error in human legislation -- a madness which would be only equaled by requiring all men to possess the same countenance, the same voice or the same stature.”

Source: Equitable Commerce: A New Development of Principles for the Harmoneous Adjustment and Regulation of the Pecuniary,intellectual,and Moral Intercourse of Mankind,proposed as Elements of New Society

“The disconnection of Church and State was a master stroke for freedom and harmony.”

States Church Atheism Masters Harmony Positive Atheism Strokes Church And State Disconnection

Book:Equitable Commerce: a New Development of Principles, as Substitutes for Laws and Governments ...: Proposed as Elements of New Society

Source: Equitable Commerce: a New Development of Principles, as Substitutes for Laws and Governments ...: Proposed as Elements of New Society

“The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us.”

States Individual Labor Universal Checks Luxury Empires Ruined Bankruptcy

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“Liberty, then, is the SOVEREIGNTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.”

Individual Liberty Sovereignty Individual Liberty

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“Everyone must feel that he is the supreme arbiter of his own [destiny], that no power on earth shall rise over him, that he is and always shall be sovereign of himself and all relating to his individuality. Then only shall all men realize security of person and property.”

Men Feels Persons Earth Realizing Destiny Security Property Individuality Supreme Sovereign Arbiter