Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Liberty Quotes


"A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted at will." -Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American author, philosopher, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Eric.Hoffer.Quote.57C3

"The struggle for freedom ... is not the struggle of the many against the few, but of minorities -- sometimes of a minority of but one man -- against the majority." -Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) Economist and social philosopher, escaped from NAZI Germany Source: Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution (Auburn, Ala.: The Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 1985) Pp. 66-67
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Ludwig.von.Mises.Quote.1455

"The fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves. That enables them to act as if there were no price, even when there are ruinous prices -- paid by others." -Thomas Sowell (1930- ) Writer and economist
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Sowell.Quote.57F8

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