“Thoughts, words, ideas and information, free from any bonds or restrictions, is the very concrete which pours out a foundation strong enough that upon which a house, stable and lasting, of true freedom and liberty may be built.” MayIdeasEnoughHousePoliticsStrongLibertyInformationBuiltFoundationLastingStableConcreteStrong EnoughRestrictionFreedom And LibertyTrue Freedom Author:Derek R. Audette
“Anarchists are extreme libertarian socialists , "libertarian" meaning the demand for freedom from prohibition, and "socialist" meaning the demand for social equality . ...Complete freedom implies equality, since if there are rich and poor, the poor cannot be permitted to take liberties with riches. Complete equality implies freedom, since those who suffer restrictions cannot be the equals of those who impose them.” IfsSufferingSocialPoorLibertyRichDemandExtremesLibertarianRichesSocialistRestrictionAnarchismAnarchistRich And PoorProhibitionComplete FreedomSocial Equality Book:What is Anarchism?: An Introduction Source: What is Anarchism?: An Introduction
“Today's citizen is obliged to find his freedom only in the narrow ruts pre-approved by his bureaucratic overlords. "Risk-free liberty" is the ideal of the Welfare State: citizens are permitted only liberties which have been declawed, defanged, neutered, certified and wrapped in benevolent restrictions.” Has BeensStatesTodayLibertyRiskCitizensIdealsWelfareObligedRestrictionApprovedBenevolentWelfare StateRuts Author:James Bovard
“By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty: one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action.” PeopleMenWayArtWisdomTruthAgeActionSchoolLyingJusticeFreedomEducationLibertyKnowledgeTeachTeachingHonestyDutyJudgmentBeing TrueAcademicEvidentPublishRestrictionSearch For TruthHamperDisseminationAcademic Freedom Author:Albert Einstein
“Wit is its own remedy. Liberty and commerce bring it to its true standard. The only danger is the laying an embargo. The same thing happens here as in the case of trade: impositions and restrictions reduce it to a low ebb; nothing is so advantageous to it as a free port.” HappensLibertyCasesDangerLowsStandardsTradeWitThings HappenRemedyCommerceRestrictionPortImpositionEmbargo Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is true, it had for the most part no value, since the individual was scarcely in a position to defend it. The development of civilization imposes restrictions on it, and justice demands that no one shall escape those restrictions.” ValuesIndividualJusticeLibertyPositionDevelopmentCivilizationDemandRestriction Book:Civilization and Its Discontents Source: Civilization and Its Discontents
“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.” PeopleBelieveStatesAgeSchoolIndividualHoursNaturalChurchLibertyAcceptingRightsSellsDistanceCompetitionProtectionAlcoholPursuitLocalsGrantedOperationsSundayRegulationMinimumObligedRestrictionPursuit Of HappinessBansInalienable RightsLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of HappinessRights To Life Author:Sheldon Richman
“The state should avoid all solicitude for the positive welfare of its citizens, and not proceed a step further than is necessary for their mutual security and their protection against foreign enemies. It should impose restrictions on freedom for no other purpose.” ShouldStatesPurposeLibertyStepsEnemySecurityCitizensProtectionWelfareMutualRestrictionSolicitude Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt
“Building on the public's unwillingness to act on principle in support of market solutions to apparent problems, whether real or imagined, these interest groups secure arbitrary restrictions on voluntary exchanges and, in the process, secure rents for their members while reducing both the liberties and economic well being of other members of the economic nexus, both domestically and internationally.” WellsRealPhilosophyProblemPoliticalProcessInterestLibertyPrinciplesSupportGroupsEconomicBuildingMembersSolutionsSecureWell BeingClassicArbitraryRestrictionPolitical PhilosophyReducingInterest GroupsNexus Author:James M. Buchanan