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Isabel Paterson Quotes: Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse or omission.
         

Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse or omission.


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As freak legislation, the antitrust laws stand alone. Nobody knows what it is they forbid.



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A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state.



The only way to prevent prostitution altogether would be to imprison one half of the human race.

The only way to prevent prostitution altogether would be to imprison one half of the human race.



People mostly do as they like, and that would be fine if they'd let other people do the same.

People mostly do as they like, and that would be fine if they'd let other people do the same.



Freedom is dangerous. Possibly crawling on all fours might be safer than standing upright, but we like the view better up there.

Freedom is dangerous. Possibly crawling on all fours might be safer than standing upright, but we like the view better up there.



The biggest pests are the people who use altruism as an alibi. What they passionately wish is to make themselves important.

The biggest pests are the people who use altruism as an alibi. What they passionately wish is to make themselves important.



The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action.

The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action.



No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.



Do you think nobody would willingly entrust his children to you or pay you for teaching them? Why do you have to extort your fees and collect your pupils by compulsion?

Do you think nobody would willingly entrust his children to you or pay you for teaching them? Why do you have to extort your fees and collect your pupils by compulsion?



The military state is the final form to which every planned economy tends rapidly.

The military state is the final form to which every planned economy tends rapidly.





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