“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” GovernmentLibertyProgramEconomicsConservativeLibertarianPermanentTemporaryLibertarianismFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyGovernment Programs Author:Milton Friedman
“Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.” HeartMayMeanHelpingHandsLibertyPovertyEconomicProgramWarmLibertarianWelfareLibertarianismMysticalReally MeanBureaucratsGullible Author:Thomas Sowell
“There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive" because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who takes pride in supporting such programs is telling us that he'll do good with his own money - if a gun is held to his head.” PeopleIfsWantTryingWellsGovernmentLibertyVirtueWillingPridePoliticianGunProgramEconomicsCharityCaringLibertarianSensitiveVotersLibertarianismFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyCharitableAdvocatingCompulsoryGovernment ProgramsWilling To Try Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“The program of liberalism if condensed into a single word, would have to read: property, that is, private ownership of the means of production.” LibertyEconomicProgramPropertyLibertarianLiberalismLibertarianismSingle WordClassical Liberalism Author:Ludwig von Mises
“War is just one more big government program.” WarBigsGovernmentLibertyProgramLibertarianJust OneLibertarianismBig GovernmentGovernment ProgramsGreat Libertarian Author:Joseph Sobran
“[S]tatism is but socialized dishonesty; it is feathering the nests of some with feathers coercively plucked from others - on the grand scale. There is no moral difference between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax or any other social program.” SocialDifferencesLibertyMoralTaxesProgramLibertarianScalesIncomeProgressiveLibertarianismFeathersDishonestyNestsIncome TaxSocial Programs Author:Leonard Read
“Voters who live off taxpayers are the Democrats' ace in the hole. The Democrats created big programs and never let the recipients forget it. This gives them an initial advantage of tens of millions of votes in any presidential election.” GivingBigsForgetLibertyMillionsAdvantageProgramEconomicsVoteElectionDemocratLibertarianHolesPresidentialVotersLibertarianismInitialsForget ItTaxpayersPresidential ElectionAces Author:Joseph Sobran
“Anything called a "program" is unconstitutional.” LibertyProgramLibertarianLibertarianismUnconstitutional Author:Joseph Sobran
“Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending is. Since government has no resources of its own, and since there's no Tooth Fairy handing Congress the funds for the programs it enacts, we are forced to recognize that government spending is no less than the confiscation of one person's property to give it to another to whom it does not belong - in effect, legalized theft.” GivingFirstsPersonsDoeGovernmentSpiritLibertyEffectsResourcesConcernedProgramEconomicsPropertyCongressSpendingLibertarianTeethFairyFundLibertarianismTheftKindredGovernment ProgramsGovernment SpendingTooth FairyKindred Spirit Author:Walter E. Williams
“Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve.” FirstsGovernmentLawLibertyAchieveProgramOppositesAccomplishLibertarianLibertarianismGovernment Programs Author:John Pugsley