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Walter Lippmann quote about the Bill of Rights, inalienable rights, and governmentCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things. It declares the inalienable rights of man not only against all government but also against the people collectively." Walter Lippmann
Leo Tolstoi quote about slavery, forced labor, and the exploitation of othersCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Slavery, you know, is nothing else than the unwilling labor of many. Therefore to get rid of slavery it is necessary that people should not wish to profit by the forced labor of others and should consider it a sin and a shame. But they go and abolish the external form of slavery and arrange so that one can no longer buy and sell slaves, and they imagine and assure themselves that slavery no longer exists, and do not see or wish to see that it does, because people still want and consider it good and right to exploit the labor of others." Leo Tolstoi
James M. Buchanan quote about artificial scarcity and wasted resourcesCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"If you create an artificial scarcity through public policy, artificial rent so to speak - setting up a new import quota or giving out a particular office that is very beneficial - people are going to invest money, time and resources in trying to secure that opportunity. If the value is created independently of the search for it, the search for it is wasted." James M. Buchanan
Hans-Hermann Hoppe quote about money and economic theoryCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Economic theory has nothing to say as to what commodity will acquire the status of money. Historically, it happened to be gold. But if the physical makeup of our world would have been different or is to become different from what it is now, some other commodity would have become or might become money. The market will decide." Hans-Hermann Hoppe