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“Monopoly and privilege must be destroyed, opportunity afforded, and competition encouraged. This is Liberty's work, and Down with Authority her war-cry.”

War Opportunity Liberty Cry Authority Competition Privilege Destroyed Monopoly War Cry

Book:Instead of a Book

Source: Instead of a Book

“Our All is at Stake, and the little Conveniencys and Comforts of Life, when set in Competition with our Liberty, ought to be rejected not with Reluctance but with Pleasure.”

Littles Pleasure Liberty Ought Comfort Competition Stakes Rejected Reluctance

Author:George Mason

“We know that the only alternative to private competition is government monopoly of enterprise. We know that when government monopolizes production, distribution, and employment, it is no longer the servant of men - it is their master. And, therefore, we know that economic liberty and political liberty are inseparable parts of the same ball of wax - that we must keep them both, or we shall lose them both.”

“The 'survival of the fittest' is beneficently inevitable; the capitalist is powerless against labor, unless the State . . . steps in, and helps him catch and fleece his victims. The old plea of despotism, that liberty is unsafe, reappears now in the mistaken notion that competition is hostile to labor.”

States Helping Liberty Steps Survival Labor Victim Competition Notion Inevitable Capitalist Mistaken Powerless Hostile Despotism Survival Of The Fittest Unsafe Fleece

Book:The Collected Works of Ezra H. Heywood

Source: The Collected Works of Ezra H. Heywood

“The numbers of men in all ages have preferred ease, slumber, and good cheer to liberty, when they have been in competition.”

Men Has Beens Age Numbers Liberty Competition Ease Cheer Slumber Good Cheer

Book:John Adams: Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826

Source: John Adams: Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826

“Anyone who believes in the natural and inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is obliged to accept that individuals have the right to buy and sell alcohol. That's why all the regulations that people take for granted-the restrictions on hours of operation, the ban on Sunday sales, the minimum distance from schools and churches, the minimum age, and the protection of local wineries from competition by wineries in other states-are illegitimate.”