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"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert

"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker

"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison

"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman

Showing posts with label John Stuart Mill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Stuart Mill. Show all posts
Monday, December 09, 2024

We Can't Consume Our Way to Prosperity

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Once upon a time, John Stuart Mill could write these words truthfully ("Of the Influence of Consumption on Production," 1844) : It...
Friday, January 21, 2022

TGIF: Easy Cases May Make Bad Rules

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Hard cases make bad law, an adage apparently coined before 1837 tells us. In  other words , "an extreme case is a poor basis for a gene...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Why We Need a Fully Free Marketplace of Ideas

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No true seeker of truth can oppose the fully free marketplace of ideas. For details of the hardheaded practical case, you can do no better ...
Friday, November 17, 2017

TGIF: Assertions versus Facts

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CNN is running a house commercial that on its face is a plea for respect for demonstrable facts. “This is an apple,” a voice says over an i...
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Father, grandfather, writer, editor, pipe smoker, free thinker, libertarian market anarchist, grouser, flosser. Author of six books, including "America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Reconsidered"; "Coming to Palestine"; and "What Social Animals Owe to Each Other."
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