Quotes

I will be placing random quotes i come across here.Enjoy!

-"Practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to defraud and plunder the people."
- Friedrich von Hayek (Nobel Prize Winner)

- "A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principle upon which our government was founded."
- Abraham Lincoln-

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
- Ronald Reagan

- "At the end of a century that has seen the evils of communism, Nazism and other modern tyrannies,the impulse to centralize power remains amazingly persistent."
- Joseph Sobran

- "The most unresolved problem of the day is precisely the problem that concerned the founders of this nation:how to limit the scope and power of government.Tyranny, restrictions on human freedom,come primarily from governmental restrictions that we ourselves have set up."
- Milton Friedman-

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
- Theodore Roosevelt

- It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important . . . You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result."
- Gandhi

- “As Americans we must always remember that we all have a common enemy, an enemy that is dangerous, powerful and relentless. I refer, of course, to the federal government.”
- Dave Barry

"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program."
~ Milton Friedman

"The means of defense against foreign danger historicallyhave become the instruments of tyranny at home."
- James Madison

"We've witnessed a fire sale of American liberties at bargain basementprices, in return for the false promise of more security... The Americabeing designed right now won't resemble the America we've been defending...The danger isn't that Big Brother may storm the castle gates. The danger isthat Americans don't realize that he is already inside the castle walls."
- Wayne LaPierre, CEO of National Rifle Association

"..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-

“Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.'”
— Harry Browne

- If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all.
– Jacob Hornberger (1995)

- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
– Benjamin Franklin