“Liberty cannot be sacrificed for the sake of temperance, for the sake of morality, or for the sake of anything. It is of more value than everything. Yet some people would destroy the sun to prevent the growth of weeds. Liberty sustains the same relation to all the virtues that the sun does to life.” PeopleDoeValuesGrowthLibertySunVirtueMoralityRelationSakeWeedTemperance Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Government planning not only fails; it tends to produce outcomes that are the opposite of what its proponents say that they favor. The only stable and productive social system is one that embraces human liberty in its totality, and defends the market economy, private property, sound money, and peaceful international relations, while opposing government intervention as economically and socially destructive.” HumansGovernmentSocialSoundLibertyEconomyFailingProduceOppositesRelationEmbracePropertyInternationalFavorsPlanningPeacefulOutcomesDestructiveProductiveStableInterventionInternational RelationsOpposingPrivate PropertyTotalityMarket EconomySocial SystemsGovernment Intervention Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“The use of force stands in need of control by a public neutral authority, in the interests of liberty no less than of justice. Within a nation, this public authority will naturally be the state; in relations between nations, if the present anarchy is to cease, it will have to be some international parliament.” IfsNeedsStatesUseForceNationsInterestJusticeLibertyAuthorityRelationInternationalCeaseAnarchyParliamentUse Of Force Book:Political Ideals Source: Political Ideals
“I wonder if it's conservative or liberal [ inalienable rights idea], because when we think of liberal thought, when we think about the relation to liberty, we're talking about traditional conservatism - as opposed to today's conservatism, which no longer represents those views.” IfsThinkingIdeasTodayViewsTalkingLibertyWonderRightsRelationConservativeTraditionalConservatismInalienable Rights Author:Edward Snowden