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Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man."

Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to whom it does not belong."

No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft, and injustice to confiscate the property of one person and give it to another to whom it does not belong.




Walter E. Williams Quotes: "If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a right to something that he did earn."

If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a right to something that he did earn.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual."

Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual.




Walter E. Williams Quotes: "The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding documents. Their vision for us was a Republic and limited government."

The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding documents. Their vision for us was a Republic and limited government.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves."

In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Always be suspicious of those who pretend to know it all, claim their way is the best way and are willing to force their way on the rest of us."

Always be suspicious of those who pretend to know it all, claim their way is the best way and are willing to force their way on the rest of us.




Walter E. Williams Quotes: "I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will stand there and bore you with the reasons why he took it."

I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will stand there and bore you with the reasons why he took it.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place."

Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "The prospects are dim for a society that makes mascots out of the unproductive and condemns the productive."

The prospects are dim for a society that makes mascots out of the unproductive and condemns the productive.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Saying the Constitution is a living document is the same as saying we don't have a Constitution."

Saying the Constitution is a living document is the same as saying we don't have a Constitution.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed




Walter E. Williams Quotes: "We should view our government the way we should a friendly, cuddly lion. Just because he's friendly and cuddly shouldn't blind us to the fact that he's still got teeth and claws."

We should view our government the way we should a friendly, cuddly lion. Just because he's friendly and cuddly shouldn't blind us to the fact that he's still got teeth and claws.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Multiculturalists argue that different cultural values are morally equivalent. That's nonsense."

Multiculturalists argue that different cultural values are morally equivalent. That's nonsense.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "More important than anything else is for Americans to wise up to class warfare demagoguery and reject the politics of envy."

More important than anything else is for Americans to wise up to class warfare demagoguery and reject the politics of envy.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "The crucial question for any policy is not what, are its intentions, but what are its effects?"

The crucial question for any policy is not what, are its intentions, but what are its effects?



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Preaching doom and gloom has been beneficial to the political class. They use it to gain more power and control."

Preaching doom and gloom has been beneficial to the political class. They use it to gain more power and control.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "If the States do not have the right to secede, then they have no rights at all."

If the States do not have the right to secede, then they have no rights at all.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Wealth comes from successful individual efforts to please one's fellow man ... that's what competition is all about: "outpleasing" your competitors to win over the consumers."

Wealth comes from successful individual efforts to please one's fellow man ... that's what competition is all about: "outpleasing" your competitors to win over the consumers.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Increases in money supply are what constitute inflation, and a general rise in prices is the symptom."

Increases in money supply are what constitute inflation, and a general rise in prices is the symptom.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with motives than with results."

The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with motives than with results.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny."

The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum of protection against congressional tyranny.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Politicians exploit economic illiteracy."

Politicians exploit economic illiteracy.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Vote for me. I'll use my office to take another American's money and give it to you."

Vote for me. I'll use my office to take another American's money and give it to you.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "The idea that even the brightest person or group of bright people, much less the U.S. Congress, can wisely manage an economy has to be the height of arrogance and conceit."

The idea that even the brightest person or group of bright people, much less the U.S. Congress, can wisely manage an economy has to be the height of arrogance and conceit.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Tyrants always condemn and seek to replace the market process with government coercion because tyrants do not trust that people behaving voluntarily will do what the tyrants think they should do."

Tyrants always condemn and seek to replace the market process with government coercion because tyrants do not trust that people behaving voluntarily will do what the tyrants think they should do.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Discrimination is simply the act of choice. Scarcity requires us to choose; scarcity is the cause of discrimination!"

Discrimination is simply the act of choice. Scarcity requires us to choose; scarcity is the cause of discrimination!



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Once Congress establishes that one person can live at the expense of another, it pays for everyone to try to do so."

Once Congress establishes that one person can live at the expense of another, it pays for everyone to try to do so.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "A caged canary is safe but not free."

A caged canary is safe but not free.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Politicians have immense power to do harm to the economy. But they have very little power to do good."

Politicians have immense power to do harm to the economy. But they have very little power to do good.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends."

The essence of government is force, and most often that force is used to accomplish evil ends.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "If you hate my guts and have designs to hurt me, and I see you building a cannon aimed at my house, I am not going to wait for you to finish construction."

If you hate my guts and have designs to hurt me, and I see you building a cannon aimed at my house, I am not going to wait for you to finish construction.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "I have nothing against rich people. In fact, I've been struggling most of my life to join them."

I have nothing against rich people. In fact, I've been struggling most of my life to join them.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor's degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma."

If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor's degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "I don't know about you, but if you hear that Williams guns have been taken, you'll know Williams is dead."

I don't know about you, but if you hear that Williams guns have been taken, you'll know Williams is dead.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "The difference between a thief and a congressman: When a thief steals your money, he doesn't expect you to thank him."

The difference between a thief and a congressman: When a thief steals your money, he doesn't expect you to thank him.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Most of what Congress does fits the description of forcing one American to serve the purposes of another American. That description differs only in degree, but not in kind, from slavery."

Most of what Congress does fits the description of forcing one American to serve the purposes of another American. That description differs only in degree, but not in kind, from slavery.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "The only organized political party with a Christian vision of morality is the Libertarian Party."

The only organized political party with a Christian vision of morality is the Libertarian Party.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights."

Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "If our country is to survive and prosper, we must summon the courage to condemn and reject the liberal agenda, and we had better do it soon."

If our country is to survive and prosper, we must summon the courage to condemn and reject the liberal agenda, and we had better do it soon.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Socialism is just another form of tyranny."

Socialism is just another form of tyranny.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "If the Constitution framers would come back today, they would have contempt for most of us."

If the Constitution framers would come back today, they would have contempt for most of us.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Trying to get government to be as efficient as business is as hopeless as trying to teach cats to bark and dogs to meow."

Trying to get government to be as efficient as business is as hopeless as trying to teach cats to bark and dogs to meow.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "I learned that you have to evaluate the effects of public policy as opposed to intentions."

I learned that you have to evaluate the effects of public policy as opposed to intentions.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists."

Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "The belief that society benefits from destruction is lunacy."

The belief that society benefits from destruction is lunacy.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Legislators aren't known for being rocket scientists."

Legislators aren't known for being rocket scientists.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "An increasing amount of climate research suggests a possibility of global cooling."

An increasing amount of climate research suggests a possibility of global cooling.



Walter E. Williams Quotes: "Economic planning is nothing more than the forcible superseding of other people's plans by the powerful elite backed up by the brute force of government."

Economic planning is nothing more than the forcible superseding of other people's plans by the powerful elite backed up by the brute force of government.