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Freedom can be preserved only if it is treated as a supreme principle which must not be sacrificed for particular advantages.


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The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.

The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.



If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.

If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.



There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.

There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.



'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.

'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.



The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.



[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.

[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.



In government, the scum rises to the top.

In government, the scum rises to the top.



Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.

Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.



The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.



It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.

It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.





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There is no ´Complete Idiots Guide to Creationism,´ but perhaps one is not needed.

There is no ´Complete Idiots Guide to Creationism,´ but perhaps one is not needed.



I'm not different. I'm not different at all. The wrapping is different but the gift is still the same.

I'm not different. I'm not different at all. The wrapping is different but the gift is still the same.



God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.



I live by the ten percent rule. Save one, you save a thousand.

I live by the ten percent rule. Save one, you save a thousand.



Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.

Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.



I kept looking for happiness, and then I realized: This is it. It's a moment, and it comes, and it goes, and it'll come back again. I yearn for things, but at the same time I'm just peaceful.

I kept looking for happiness, and then I realized: This is it. It's a moment, and it comes, and it goes, and it'll come back again. I yearn for things, but at the same time I'm just peaceful.



Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent.

Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent.



I’m so tired... I was up all night trying to round off infinity.

I’m so tired... I was up all night trying to round off infinity.



It was actually, 'Where ever there is television, there is poor old shagged out Tom Baker running across the rocks and punting down the river.'

It was actually, 'Where ever there is television, there is poor old shagged out Tom Baker running across the rocks and punting down the river.'




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