“One’s life, liberty and the products of one’s labor were not intended to be up for grabs by grubby, greedy majorities. Contra classical natural law theory, legal positivism equates justice with the law of the state. However, from the fact that most Americans want others to fund or subsidize their health care, it does not follow that they have such a right. A need is not a right.” MenWantNeedsDoeFactsLibertyProductsLaborMajorityFundHealthcareGreedy Author:Ilana Mercer
“The preservation of liberty, not the promotion of efficiency, is the primary justification for private property. Efficiency is a happy, though not accidental, by-product - and a most important by-product because liberty could not have survived if it had not also produced affluence.” IfsImportantLibertyProductsPropertyPrimariesJustificationEfficiencySurvivedPreservationPromotionPrivate PropertyAffluence Author:Milton Friedman
“A rose will smell as sweet by any other name, but it must be the rose of liberty that I want and not the artificial product.” WantNamesLibertySweetProductsRoseSmellArtificial Book:The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings Source: The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings
“Risk is the inevitable product of liberty - and it's responsible not only for great tragedy, but also great triumph.” LibertyRiskProductsTragedyResponsibleInevitableTriumphGreat Tragedy Author:Tony Snow
“The right way is the greatest gratifier of human wishes ever come upon - when allowed to operate. It is as morally sound as the Golden Rule. It is the way of willing exchange, of common consent, of self-responsibility, of open opportunity. It respects the right of each to the product of his labor. It limits the police force to keeping the peace. It is the way of the free market, private property, limited government. On its banner is emblazoned Individual Liberty.” WayHumansSelfGovernmentOpportunityIndividualForceWishSoundCommonResponsibilityLibertyWillingProductsLimitsLaborPolicePropertyGoldenConsentRight WayFree MarketPrivate PropertyLimited GovernmentGolden RuleBannerIndividual LibertyPolice ForceSelf Responsibility Author:Leonard Read
“We are a product of our families, schools, and churches. Without the liberty and rule of law that characterize America, entrepreneurship would indeed be impossible. Any successful American who is not a patriot is a rank ingrate.” SchoolAmericaLawChurchLibertySuccessfulImpossibleProductsEntrepreneurshipOur FamilyPatriotRule Of LawIngrates Author:Rich Lowry
“The GDP approach doesn't address many aspects of human life: health, education, political liberty, religious liberty, employment opportunities. And these are not all that well correlated with gross domestic product. We also have to think about equality among groups. And freedom of speech and religion. China always ranks near the top of developing countries these days, but there are lots of things we might see as lacking in China.” ThinkingHumansWellsCountryMightPoliticalOpportunityReligiousLibertyGroupsProductsSpeechApproachAspectChinaEmploymentDevelopingThese DaysHuman LifeAddressesFreedom Of SpeechLackingGrossGdpReligious LibertyDeveloping CountriesGross Domestic ProductHealth EducationEmployment Opportunities Author:Martha C. Nussbaum