“My dear fellow, who will let you?”
“That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
The Dean and Howard Roark
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. – Henry David Thoreau
Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
H. L. Mencken
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. – Milton Friedman
The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave. – Ayn Rand
When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty. – George Mason
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. – Montesquieu
“The real price of every thing … is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.” – Adam Smith
“Law, without force, is impotent.”
Blaise Pascal
The power to tax is the power to destroy. – John Marshall