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“The revolution occurs when the victims cease to cooperate.”

Quote by Karl Hess

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Karl Hess, born on May 25, 1923, was a renowned speechwriter from the United States. He had a significant influence in the fields of politics and liberalism, serving as a speechwriter for several politicians. Hess's career was marked by challenges and achievements, and his works deeply impacted American politics and society. more

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“In a laissez-faire society, there could exist no public institution with the power to forcefully protect people from themselves. From other people (criminals), yes. From one's own self, no.”

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Book:Facets of Liberty: A Libertarian Primer

Source: Facets of Liberty: A Libertarian Primer

“What I have learned about corporate capitalism, roughly, is that it is an act of theft, by and large, through which a very few live very high off the work, invention, and creativity of very many others. It is the Grand Larceny of our particular time in history, the Grand Larceny in which a future of freedom which could have followed the collapse of feudalism was stolen from under our noses by a new bunch of bosses doing the same old things”

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Book:Dear America

Source: Dear America

“We have the illusion of freedom only because so few ever try to exercise it. Try it sometime. Try to save your home from the highway crowd, or to work a trade without the approval of the goons, or to open a little business without a permit, or to grow a crop without a quota, or to educate your child the way you want to, or to not have a child. We all have the freedom of a balloon floating in a pin factory.”

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“There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?”

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“No person is so grand or wise or perfect as to be the master of another person. Teacher, perhaps. Setter of good example, perhaps. Genius, perhaps. But master, no.”

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Source: Dear America

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Book:The parting light: selected writings of Samuel Palmer

Source: The parting light: selected writings of Samuel Palmer

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