Tag: Slavery

1427: Lysander Spooner – Money in the Hands of Government

W1427: Lysander Spooner - Money in the Hands of Government
Every man who puts money into the hands of a "government," puts into its hands a sword which will be used against himself, to extort more money from him, and also to keep him in subjection to its arbitrary will. —Lysander Spooner

Every man who puts money into the hands of a “government,” puts into its hands a sword which will be used against himself, to extort more money from him, and also to keep him in subjection to its arbitrary will. —Lysander Spooner

1344: Walter Williams – History is Not Going to Be Kind to Liberals

W1344: Walter Williams – History is Not Going to Be Kind to Liberals
History is not going to be kind to liberals. With their mindless programs, they've managed to do to Black Americans what slavery, reconstruction, and rank racism found impossible: destroy their family and work ethic. —Walter Williams

History is not going to be kind to liberals. With their mindless programs, they’ve managed to do to Black Americans what slavery, reconstruction, and rank racism found impossible: destroy their family and work ethic. —Walter Williams

1337: Ayn Rand – The Right to Enslave

W1337: Ayn Rand – The Right to Enslave
If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights and condemned to slave labor. No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation, an unrewarded duty, or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be no such thing as “the right to enslave” —Ayn Rand

If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights and condemned to slave labor. No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation, an unrewarded duty, or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be no such thing as “the right to enslave” —Ayn Rand

1243: Murray Rothbard – Conscription is Slavery and Taxation is Robbery

W1243: Murray Rothbard - Conscription is Slavery and Taxation is Robbery
The libertarian insists that whether or not such practices are supported by the majority of the population… War is Mass Murder, Conscription is Slavery, and Taxation is Robbery —Murray Rothbard

The libertarian insists that whether or not such practices are supported by the majority of the population… War is Mass Murder, Conscription is Slavery, and Taxation is Robbery —Murray Rothbard

1237: Walter Williams – Legality Does Not Justify Crimes

W1237: Walter Williams - Legality Does Not Justify Crimes
How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi, and Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does not justify these crimes. Legality, alone, cannot be the talisman of moral people. —Walter Williams

How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi, and Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does not justify these crimes. Legality, alone, cannot be the talisman of moral people. —Walter Williams

1176: Yeonmi Park – If You Don’t Know You’re a Slave

W1176: Yeonmi Park - If You Don't Know You're a Slave
How do you fight to be free if you don't know you're a slave. —Yeonmi Park - In an interview with Jordan Peterson she said when she fled North Korea she didn’t even know what freedom was, she only wanted to leave because there was no food to eat.

How do you fight to be free if you don’t know you’re a slave. —Yeonmi Park – In an interview with Jordan Peterson she said when she fled North Korea she didn’t even know what freedom was, she only wanted to leave because there was no food to eat.

1165: Tom Woods – The Civil War was Fought to Prevent Secession

W1165: Tom Woods - The Civil War was Fought to Prevent Secession
The war was fought to prevent the secession, not to free the slaves. People who took up arms in the South did so because they were being invaded. —Tom Woods

The war was fought to prevent the secession, not to free the slaves. People who took up arms in the South did so because they were being invaded. —Tom Woods

1159: Thomas Sowell – Slavery Can Never Be Forgotten Nor Forgiven

W1159: Thomas Sowell - Slavery Can Never Be Forgotten Nor Forgiven
To say that one has been compensated is to say that things have been set right. Slavery can neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Certainly NOT by those who never suffered it personally, and certainly NOT in exchange for money or other benefits. —Thomas Sowell (Race & Culture: A World View)

To say that one has been compensated is to say that things have been set right. Slavery can neither be forgotten nor forgiven. Certainly NOT by those who never suffered it personally, and certainly NOT in exchange for money or other benefits. —Thomas Sowell (Race & Culture: A World View)