Thursday, May 17, 2012

A Bushel Full Of 'Nicely Saids.....'

In order to become the master,
the politician poses as the servant.
– Charles de Gaulle
(1890-1970) French president and military leader
Why is it that statists believe that if you tax cigarettes you will discourage smoking but if you tax work, risk-taking and capital formation, you get a healthier economy? Do they really think that work, risk-taking and capital formation are like cigarettes?– Lawrence Reed
‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.– F.A. Hayek
Socialism irons out the boom-bust cycle by eliminating the boom part.– Lawrence Reed

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