1010: Milton Friedman – Source of Inequality

The greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government. —Milton FriedmanDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 226KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 225KB
The greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government. —Milton FriedmanDownload Print Quality (7680×7680) 277KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×3840) 276KB
The greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government. —Milton Friedman

1009: Ludwig von Mises – History and Bold Disregard for Economics

Economic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.84MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 163KB
Economic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.49MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 201KB
Economic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics. —Ludwig von Mises

1008: C.S. Lewis – Moral Busybodies are the Most Oppressive

A tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. —C.S. LewisDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.98MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 233KB
A tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. —C.S. LewisDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.04MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 319KB
A tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. —C.S. Lewis

1007: Jordan Peterson – What Marx Observed

What Marx observed was that capital tended to accumulate in the hands of fewer and fewer people. And he said that’s a flaw of the Capitalist system. That’s wrong, it’s not the flaw of the Capitalist system. It’s a feature of every single system that we know of, no matter who set it up and how it operates. —Jordan PetersonDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.06MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 269KB
What Marx observed was that capital tended to accumulate in the hands of fewer and fewer people. And he said that’s a flaw of the Capitalist system. That’s wrong, it’s not the flaw of the Capitalist system. It’s a feature of every single system that we know of, no matter who set it up and how it operates. —Jordan PetersonDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.43MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 350KB
What Marx observed was that capital tended to accumulate in the hands of fewer and fewer people. And he said that’s a flaw of the Capitalist system. That’s wrong, it’s not the flaw of the Capitalist system. It’s a feature of every single system that we know of, no matter who set it up and how it operates. —Jordan Peterson

1006: H.L. Mencken – Idiotic Ideas Require Force

The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic. —H.L. MenckenDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.77MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 134KB
The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic. —H.L. MenckenDownload Print Quality (3840×3840) 7.55MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1920) 226KB
The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic. —H.L. Mencken

1005: Frederic Bastiat – Natural Tendencies of Mankind

If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of government are always good? Do they not also belong to the human race? are they made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind? —Frederic BastiatDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 546KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 445KB
If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of government are always good? Do they not also belong to the human race? are they made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind? —Frederic BastiatDownload Print Quality (7680×7680) 1.06MB  |  Normal Quality (3840×3840) 658KB
If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of government are always good? Do they not also belong to the human race? are they made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind? —Frederic Bastiat

1004: A Free Society

A free society encourages individuality not conformity.Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.24MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 201KB
A free society encourages individuality not conformity.Download Print Quality (3840×3840) 3.55MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1920) 276KB
A free society encourages individuality not conformity.

1003: Ron Paul – No Forced Medical Treatment

No medical treatment should ever be forced. We must each decide for ourselves what is right for our body, our children & our families. —Ron PaulDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.64MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 201KB
No medical treatment should ever be forced. We must each decide for ourselves what is right for our body, our children & our families. —Ron PaulDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.97MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 257KB
No medical treatment should ever be forced. We must each decide for ourselves what is right for our body, our children & our families. —Ron Paul

1002: Charles Evans Hughes – The Right to be Different

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. —Charles Evans HughesDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.30MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 225KB
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. —Charles Evans HughesDownload Print Quality (3458×3840) 4.07MB  |  Normal Quality (1729×1920) 293KB
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. —Charles Evans Hughes

1001: Morpheus – Not ready to be unplugged

You have to understand, some people are not ready to be unplugged, and many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it. —MorpheusDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.86MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 209KB
You have to understand, some people are not ready to be unplugged, and many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it. —MorpheusDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 4.73MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 235KB
You have to understand, some people are not ready to be unplugged, and many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it. —Morpheus