Quotes about lib
liberty alternatives excuse
The excuse for the destruction of liberty is always the plea of necessary ' that there is no alternative Milton Friedman
liberty important affluence
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. Milton Friedman
liberty firsts kind
A society that aims for equality before liberty will end up with neither equality nor liberty. And a society that aims first for liberty will not end up with equality, but it will end up with a closer approach to equality than any other kind of system that has ever been developed. Milton Friedman
libertarian principles republican
I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R'. And I am a Republican with a capital 'R' on grounds of expediency, not on principle. Milton Friedman
liberty libertarian doe
There's nothing that does so much harm as good intentions. Milton Friedman
liberty libertarian essentials
The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force. Milton Friedman
liberty coercion libertarian
A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion. Milton Friedman
library invited
A library is a feast to which we are all invited. Katherine Paterson
library public-library
The public library is the great equaliser. Keith Richards
liberty lambs
Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs. Isaiah Berlin
liberty berlin ingredients
Those who have ever valued liberty for its own sake believed that to be free to choose, and not to be chosen for, is an unalienable ingredient in what makes human beings human. Isaiah Berlin
librarian internals saved
It is true for me, as for so many countless others, that librarians saved my life, my internal life. Gloria Steinem
liberty democracy defense
A politician normally prospers under democracy in proportion ... as he excels in the invention of imaginary perils and imaginary defenses against them. H. L. Mencken
liberty would-be favors
A Progressive is one who is in favor of more taxes instead of less, more bureaus and jobholders, more paternalism and meddling, more regulation of private affairs and less liberty. In general, he would be inclined to regard the repeal of any tax as outrageous. H. L. Mencken
libertarian election stolen
Elections are futures markets in stolen property. H. L. Mencken
liberty problem institutions
In the American colonies, the main problem of liberty has been solved, demonstrated and practiced in such a manner as not to leave much to be said by European institutions. Marquis de Lafayette
libertarian-party catholic liberty
First they came for the Jews, but I did nothing because I'm not a Jew. Then they came for the socialists, but I did nothing because I'm not a socialist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I did nothing because I'm not a Catholic. Finally, they came for me, but by then there was no one left to help me.
library
You can go into the Library of Congress and find information on just about anything, but that doesn't do you much good unless you know what you are looking for. Noam Chomsky
liberty libertarian modern
Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism. Mary McCarthy
liberty wish needs
We wish, in a word, equality - equality in fact as a corollary, or rather, as primordial condition of liberty. From each according to his faculties, to each according to his needs; that is what we wish sincerely and energetically. Mikhail Bakunin
liberty causes way
If God existed, only in one way could he serve the cause of human liberty-by ceasing to exist. Mikhail Bakunin
liberty revolution principles
The peoples' revolution .... will arrange its revolutionary organisation from the bottom up and from the periphery to the centre, in keeping with the principle of liberty. Mikhail Bakunin
liberty slavery privilege
We are convinced that liberty without socialism is privilege, injustice; and that socialism without liberty is slavery and brutality. Mikhail Bakunin
liberty privilege wealth
Freedom and the power to choose should not be the privilege of wealth. They are the birthright of every American. George H. W. Bush
liberty politics libertarian
Let me tell you how it will be. There's one for you, nineteen for me. Cause I'm the taxman. George Harrison
library church bookstores
...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church. Jim C. Hines
library wizards computer
Wizards and computers get along about as well as flamethrowers and libraries. Jim Butcher
liberty libertarian vote
A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience. Jesse Ventura
liberty security
Liberty is security. Freedom is security. Jesse Ventura
liberty libertarian irs
Form 1040 was chosen by the IRS because for every $50 you earn, you get 10 and they get 40. Jay Leno
liberty jersey grew
I grew up in New Jersey and never went up the Statue of Liberty. Buzz Aldrin
liberty bells franklin
How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine and Benjamin Franklin had walked. Burl Ives
library cards citizenship
Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship. Oprah Winfrey