I would have government defend the life and property of all citizens equally; protect all willing exchange; suppress and penalize all fraud, all misrepresentation, all violence, all predatory practices; invoke a common justice under law; and keep the records incidental to these functions. Even this is a bigger assignment than governments, generally, have proven capable of. Let governments do these things and do them well. Leave all else to men in free and creative effort.
I would have government defend the life and property of all citizens equally; protect all willing exchange; suppress and penalize all fraud, all misr… - Leonard Read
I would have government defend the life and property of all citizens equally; protect all willing exchange; suppress and penalize all fraud, all misr…
- Leonard Read
The libertarian can have no truck with 'left' or 'right' because he regrets any form of authoritarianism - the use of police force to control the cre… - Leonard Read
The libertarian can have no truck with 'left' or 'right' because he regrets any form of authoritarianism - the use of police force to control the cre…
There is really nothing that can be done except by an individual. Only individuals can learn. Only individuals can think creatively. Only individuals… - Leonard Read
There is really nothing that can be done except by an individual. Only individuals can learn. Only individuals can think creatively. Only individuals…
The American people are becoming more and more afraid of, and are running away from, their own revolution. - Leonard Read
The American people are becoming more and more afraid of, and are running away from, their own revolution.
Such terms as communism, socialism, Fabianism, the welfare state, Nazism, fascism, state interventionism, egalitarianism, the planned economy, the Ne… - Leonard Read
Such terms as communism, socialism, Fabianism, the welfare state, Nazism, fascism, state interventionism, egalitarianism, the planned economy, the Ne…
There could be no greater error than to conclude that statism caused prosperity. - Leonard Read
There could be no greater error than to conclude that statism caused prosperity.
There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax. - Leonard Read
There is no moral distinction between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax.
In market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all! - Leonard Read
In market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all!
Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth. - Leonard Read
Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth.
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