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“The current disfavor into which socialism has fallen has spurred.... the frenzy to proclaim oneself a liberal. Many writers today have recourse to the strategem of inventing for oneself a liberalism according to one's own tastes and passing it off as an evolution from past ideas.”

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Ralph Raico

Ralph Raico was a prominent American historian known for his research on liberalism and classical liberalism. His work covered political philosophy, economics, and intellectual history. Dr. Raico earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and taught at several academic institutions, including New York University and George Mason University. His writings have had a profound impact on understanding the development of liberal thought. more

“Liberalism is, in fact, the ideology of the capitalist revolution that prodigiously raised the living standards of the mass of people; a doctrine gradually elaborated over several centuries, which offered a new concept of social order, encompassing freedom in the only form suited to the modern world. Step by step, in practice and theory, the various sectors of human activity were withdrawn from the jurisdiction of coercive authority and given over to the voluntary action of self-regulating society.”

“As liberals, men like Richter viewed socialism as the great modern counter-revolution, and believed that the achievement of the socialist goal would lead both to appalling poverty and state absolutism. There was nothing in the socialist doctrine of the time that would suggest otherwise.”

Men States Philosophy Political Goal Poverty Modern Revolution Achievement Economics Socialism Doctrine Socialist Absolutism

Author:Ralph Raico

“The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality fo result. Its equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference.”

Should Philosophy Political Opportunity Differences Results Fairs Ideals Economics Should Have Fundamentals Equality Access Equality Of Opportunity

Author:Robert Reich

“There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions.”

Philosophy Political Next White Economics Workers Cycles Recessions Collars White Collar

Author:Robert Reich

“The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss.”

Philosophy Political Loss Economics Property Slave Socialism Eugenics

Book:The Government Against the Economy: The Story of the U.S. Government's On-going Destruction of the American Economic System Through Price Controls

Source: The Government Against the Economy: The Story of the U.S. Government's On-going Destruction of the American Economic System Through Price Controls

“Economic freedom has no security without political freedom, and political freedom can find its security only in economic freedom.”

Philosophy Political Economic Security Economics Economic Freedom Political Freedom

Author:Eugen Richter

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