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The majority of those who are loosely identified by the term 'liberals' are afraid to let themselves discover that what they advocate is statism. They want to keep all the advantages and effects of capitalism, while destroying the cause, and they want to establish statism without its necessary effects. They do not want to know or to admit that they are the champions of dictatorship and slavery.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality
When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed
Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement.
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
The evasion of responsibility is the major cause of most peoples frustrations and defeats.
The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was not directed at private citizens, but against the government-as an explicit declaration that individual rights supersede any public or social power.
It is not fools that I seek to address.
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.
Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
