“Bitcoin is getting there. But it’s not there yet. When it gets there, expect governments to panic and society to be reshaped into something where governments cannot rely on taxing income nor wealth for running their operations.” GovernmentRunningWealthIncomeOperationsRelyPanicBitcoin Author:Rick Falkvinge
“Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims.” HandsGovernmentJusticeWeaponsClaimsInstrumentsChiefsRelyDiplomacySupremacySkillfulSoundnessDexterity Author:James Ellis
“I largely agree with those that hold that Government should not in general interfere with the course of the economy merely on the strength of its own commercial judgment. If we cannot rely on the judgment of individual businessmen, taking their own risks, we have no future anyway.” IfsShouldGovernmentCoursesIndividualEconomyRiskJudgmentAgreeRelyInterfereBusinessman Author:John James Cowperthwaite