β€œOne person devotes his life to helping the poor. Another one lies and steals. Still another person tries to create better products and services for which he hopes to be paid handsomely. One woman devotes herself to her husband and children. Another seeks a career as a singer. In every case, the basic motivation has been the same. Each person is doing what he believes will bring him happiness. What varies between them is the means each has chosen to gain his happiness.” - Harry Browne
β€œThe State is not force alone. It depends upon the credulity of man quite as much as upon his docility. Its aim is not merely to make him obey, but also to make him want to obey.” - H.L. Mencken
β€œFor it seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.” - Augustine of Hippo
β€œWe cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.” - Hunter S Thompson
β€œFor libertarians, freedom entails the right of people to live their lives any way they choose, so long as their conduct is peaceful. For conservatives, freedom entails the right of government to do just about anything it wants, even if its conduct is violent.” - Jacob G. Hornberger
β€œThe monetary competition between easy government money and hard gold will likely result in one winner in the long‐run. Even in a world of government money, governments have not been able to decree gold's monetary role away, as their actions speak louder than their words.” - Saifedean Ammous
β€œYou average joe pot dealer, who wouldn't hurt a fly, that guy became my hero. By making his living outside the purview of the state, he was depriving it of his precious life force, the product of his efforts. He was free. People like him, little by little, weakened the state and strengthened the market.” - Ross Ulbricht
β€œA leader leads by example not by force.” - Sun Tzu
β€œAssassination is the extreme form of censorship.” - George Bernard Shaw
β€œThose who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies.” - Sen. Barry Goldwater