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Leonard Read Quotes: ...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable bounds.
         

...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable bounds.


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Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth.

Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth.



In market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all!

In market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all!



What precisely is this disease that causes inflation and all these other troubles? It has many popular names, such as socialism, communism, state interventionism, and welfare statism.

What precisely is this disease that causes inflation and all these other troubles? It has many popular names, such as socialism, communism, state interventionism, and welfare statism.



The American people are becoming more and more afraid of, and are running away from, their own revolution.

The American people are becoming more and more afraid of, and are running away from, their own revolution.



There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax.

There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax.



There is no moral distinction between petty thievery and 'from each according to ability, to each according to need.'

There is no moral distinction between petty thievery and 'from each according to ability, to each according to need.'



There could be no greater error than to conclude that statism caused prosperity.

There could be no greater error than to conclude that statism caused prosperity.



Statism, which forces all of us within its orbit, is nothing but a political system of organized plunder, managed by every conceivable type of pressure group.

Statism, which forces all of us within its orbit, is nothing but a political system of organized plunder, managed by every conceivable type of pressure group.



The advancement of freedom is not a matter of who wields political power over creative actions; rather, it depends upon the disassembling of such power.

The advancement of freedom is not a matter of who wields political power over creative actions; rather, it depends upon the disassembling of such power.



The proper and limited use of government is to invoke a common justice and keep the peace - and that is all.

The proper and limited use of government is to invoke a common justice and keep the peace - and that is all.





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The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.



As I lifted the ash dagger, something inside me fractured so completely that there would be no hope of ever repairing it.

As I lifted the ash dagger, something inside me fractured so completely that there would be no hope of ever repairing it.



We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. The main idea in all of biology is evolution. To not teach it to our young people is wrong.

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Vic pointed at him, two finger-guns of approval. “I like a man who knows the value of words, doesn’t spend ’em too cheap.” Ranulf nodded. “That is the manner in which I roll.

Vic pointed at him, two finger-guns of approval. “I like a man who knows the value of words, doesn’t spend ’em too cheap.” Ranulf nodded. “That is the manner in which I roll.



God's Law of Cause and Effect: Your rewards in life will always be equal to the amount and quality of service rendered, in the long run.

God's Law of Cause and Effect: Your rewards in life will always be equal to the amount and quality of service rendered, in the long run.



True affluence is to not need anything.

True affluence is to not need anything.



If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!



Women's bodies are used to sell anything and everything because it works, it grabs people's attention, and advertisers aren't going to stop using something that works.

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Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.

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