βExperience teaches only the teachable.β - Aldous Huxley
βThe truth, indeed, is something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes. Every man who tries to tell it is unpopular, and even when, by the sheer strength of his case, he prevails, he is put down as a scoundrel.β - H. L. Mencken
βI think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.β - Voltairine de Cleyre
βWhy would anyone pay for followers? They would not be real followers. Like paying for pussy and not getting to touch it.β - John McAfee
βOne 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.β - Harry Browne
βThe 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.β - H.L. Mencken
βFor it seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.β - Augustine of Hippo
βWe cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.β - Hunter S Thompson
βFor 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.β - Jacob G. Hornberger
βThe monetary competition between easy government money and hard gold will likely result in one winner in the longβrun. 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.β - Saifedean Ammous
