“ Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid. Penn Jillette
“ The free market is not a system. It is not a policy dictated by anyone in particular. It is not something that Washington implements. It does not exist in any legislation, law, bill, regulation, or bo… Jeffrey Tucker
“ Here is a principle to use in all aspects of economics and policy. When you find a good or service that is in huge demand but the supply is so limited to the point that the price goes up and up, look… Jeffrey Tucker
“ The essential quality of a market system, contrary to popular thinking, is not that it promotes greed; but rather, that it renders greed harmless. Israel M. Kirzner
“ Someone asked me the other day if I believe in conspiracies. Well, sure. Here's one. It is called the political system. It is nothing if not a giant conspiracy to rob, trick and subjugate the populati… Jeffrey Tucker
“ The proposal to quit voting is basically revolutionary; it amounts to a shifting of power from one group to another, which is the essence of revolution. As soon as the nonvoting movement got up steam,… Frank Chodorov
“ If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice of our orators today to assume the impossibility of our providing for ourselves. Auberon Herbert
“ Private property is redundant. "Public property" is an oxymoron. All legit property is private. If property isn't private it's stolen. Gustave de Molinari
“ Price controls almost invariably produce black markets, where prices are not only higher than the legally permitted prices, but also higher than they would be in a free market, since the legal risks m… Thomas Sowell
“ Beautiful, seamless upgrade from Twitter today, making functionality smoother and cooler. We didn't have to lobby, didn't have to beg, didn't have to elect a new leader, didn't have to push or protest… Jeffrey Tucker
“ Government is a gang, but not merely as meritorious as a private gang because it claims legal legitimacy. It pillages and uses violence but under the cover of law, and seeks legitimacy not through com… Jeffrey Tucker
“ The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating… Eric Hoffer
“ Here's something I still can't get over. Amazes and thrills me every time. I'm sitting here and want a certain book. So I search, click, and then I have the book. Every time, my heart does a little le… Jeffrey Tucker
“ Our politicians tell us we are free, even though most governments take over 50% of what we earn. They claim we get services that we need for our hard-earned money, even though we could buy the same se… Mary J. Ruwart
“ The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life...The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the road side and, h… Lysander Spooner
“ If any of the socialist chiefs had tried to earn his living by selling hot dogs, he would have learned something about the sovereignty of the consumers. Ludwig von Mises
