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Quote by Edmund A. Opitz

“No man is competent to manage another.”

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Edmund A. Opitz was a renowned author whose works spanned multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and literary criticism. He lived from 1914 to 2006. more

“Government, not the oil industry, is the biggest 'profiteer' from oil. And it uses the tax revenue to expand its own authority at the expense of the individual, as it does with an endless number of other industries - including electric power, coal, lumber, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, aircraft, and agriculture. The Statist's intrusion to the free market is boundless.”

Source: Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto

“Once an activity has been socialized, it is impossible to point out, by concrete example, how men in a free market could better conduct it. How, for instance, can one compare a socialized post office with private postal delivery when the latter has been outlawed?”

Men Has Beens Impossible Example Activity Office Instance Posts Compare Latter Concrete Free Market Delivery Post Office

Author:Leonard Read

“The well-being of individual persons in any society varies inversely with the money at the disposal of the political class.”

Wells Persons Political Individual Class Well Being Vary

Author:Edmund A. Opitz

“The Statist deflects public scorn for the consequences of his own central planning by blaming the very industry he is sabotaging for supply dislocations and price hikes.”

Industry Consequence Blame Planning Scorn Dislocation Central Planning

Author:Mark Levin

“The more complex our economy, the more we should rely on the miraculous, self-adapting processes of men acting freely. No mind of man nor any combination of minds can even envision, let alone intelligently control, the countless human energy exchanges in a simple society, to say nothing of a complex one.”

Men Should Mind Humans Self Energy Process Simple Acting Economy Complexes Combination Rely Miraculous Adapting

Author:Leonard Read

“Liberty and morality had to win their way slowly over many centuries, until finally expanding liberty made possible the great technological advance of the Industrial Revolution and the flowering of modern capitalism.”

Way Made Winning Liberty Modern Century Revolution Morality Capitalism Technological Expanding Flowering Industrial Revolution

Author:Murray Rothbard

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