1039: Thomas Jefferson – Rightful Liberty is Unobstructed Action No Comments on 1039: Thomas Jefferson – Rightful Liberty is Unobstructed Action Rightful Liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add “within the limits of the law,” because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. —Thomas Jefferson Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.14MB | Normal Quality (1920×1005) 302KB Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.86MB | Normal Quality (1920×1372) 353KB Download Print Quality (5.20MB)Normal Quality (298KB) Download Print Quality (5.94MB)Normal Quality (346KB)Rightful Liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add “within the limits of the law,” because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual. —Thomas Jefferson Tags Coercion, Freedom, Government, Individuality, Law, Rights, Thomas Jefferson No Comments on 1039: Thomas Jefferson – Rightful Liberty is Unobstructed Action
1032: Walter Williams – Government Draws in People with Bloated Egos No Comments on 1032: Walter Williams – Government Draws in People with Bloated Egos Powerful government tends to draw into it people with bloated egos. People who think they know more than everyone else and have little hesitance in coercing their fellow man. Or as Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek said, "in government, the scum rises to the top" —Walter Williams Download Print Quality (2.12MB)Normal Quality (226KB) Download Print Quality (4.45MB)Normal Quality (389KB)Powerful government tends to draw into it people with bloated egos. People who think they know more than everyone else and have little hesitance in coercing their fellow man. Or as Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek said, “in government, the scum rises to the top” —Walter Williams Tags Authoritarian, Coercion, Economics, Friedrich Hayek, Government, Greed, Mentality, People, Politician, Walter Williams No Comments on 1032: Walter Williams – Government Draws in People with Bloated Egos
1021: Murray Rothbard – Voting Does Not Imply Voluntary Consent No Comments on 1021: Murray Rothbard – Voting Does Not Imply Voluntary Consent In an environment of State coercion, voting does not imply voluntary consent. Indeed, if the State allows us a periodic choice of rulers, limited though that choice may be, it surely cannot be considered immoral to make use of that limited choice to try to reduce or get rid of State power. —Murray Rothbard Download Print Quality (1.95MB)Normal Quality (215KB)In an environment of State coercion, voting does not imply voluntary consent. Indeed, if the State allows us a periodic choice of rulers, limited though that choice may be, it surely cannot be considered immoral to make use of that limited choice to try to reduce or get rid of State power. —Murray Rothbard Tags Coercion, Consent, Government, Immorality, Limited government, Morality, Murray Rothbard, Politician, Voting No Comments on 1021: Murray Rothbard – Voting Does Not Imply Voluntary Consent