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“The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm, capitalism is that kind of a system.”

Kind Philosophy Problem Political Social Liberty Capitalism Economics Organization Greed Harm Libertarian Arrangements Free Market Capitalism Social Organization

Book:Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest

Source: Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest

“[M]y conception of liberty does not permit an individual citizen or a group of citizens to commit acts of depredation against nature in such a way as to harm their neighbors and especially to harm the future generations of Americans. If many years ago we had had the necessary knowledge, and especially the necessary willingness on the part of the Federal Government, we would have saved a sum, a sum of money which has cost the taxpayers of America two billion dollars.”

“The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.”

Doe Liberty Harm Excess

Author:Sophie Swetchine

“To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.”

Facts Belief Process Liberty Economic Shapes Economics Harm

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“Nothing harms or destroys us but the wrong use of that liberty of choice which God has entrusted to us.”

Use Christian Choices Religious Liberty Harm

Book:The Power of the Spirit

Source: The Power of the Spirit

“All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.”

Men Natural Liberty Ought Equal Authority Independent Possession Equality Harm Every Man

Author:John Locke

“If someone is confronting our essential liberties, if someone is inflicting injuries and harm, by God I'll confront them!”

Ifs Liberty Essentials Harm Injury Confronting

Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

“You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.”

Ifs Inspirational Light Government Causes Liberty Benefits Harm Libertarian Legislation Freedom And Liberty Freedom Liberty Limited Government Limiting Government Rights And Freedoms Limited Freedom

Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“John Stuart Mill believed that the only acceptable reason for government to limit a person's liberty was to prevent him from causing unacceptable harm to others. Mill was not a libertarian, but many libertarians are quick to cite this principle when arguing against a regulation that they oppose. And I believe most thoughtful libertarians are prepared to embrace something fairly close to Mill's harm principle. But accepting that principle implies accepting many of the institutions of the modern welfare state that libertarians have vigorously opposed in the past, such as safety regulation.”