1296: Walter Williams – False Charity

The act of reaching into one’s own pockets to help a fellow man in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else’s pocket is despicable. —Walter WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.04MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 273KB
The act of reaching into one’s own pockets to help a fellow man in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else’s pocket is despicable. —Walter WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.25MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 369KB

The act of reaching into one’s own pockets to help a fellow man in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else’s pocket is despicable. —Walter Williams

1294: Thomas Sowell – One Honest Man

It is amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.62MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 282KB
It is amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. —Thomas SowellDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 6.06MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 364KB

It is amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites. —Thomas Sowell

1293: Ludwig von Mises – What Capitalism Gave the World

Capitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard
of living for a steadily increasing number of people. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.60MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 201KB
Capitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard
of living for a steadily increasing number of people. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.48MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 267KB

Capitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard
of living for a steadily increasing number of people. —Ludwig von Mises

1292: Frederic Bastiat – The Socialists

We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists say that we want no religion at all. We object to a state-enforced equality. Then they say that we are against equality. And so on, and so on. It is as if the socialists were to accuse us of not wanting persons to eat because we do not want the state to raise grain. —Frederic BastiatDownload Print Quality (5540×7680) 910KB  |  Normal Quality (2770×3840) 758KB

1291: Ludwig von Mises – Most Tyrants and Despots

Most of the tyrants, despots, and dictators are sincerely convinced that their rule is beneficial for the people. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 304KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 150KB
Most of the tyrants, despots, and dictators are sincerely convinced that their rule is beneficial for the people. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (7680×7680) 430KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×3840) 364KB

Most of the tyrants, despots, and dictators are sincerely convinced that their rule is beneficial for the people. —Ludwig von Mises

1289: Ludwig von Mises – Deification of Government

Government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. […] In face of the modern tendencies toward a deification of government and state, it is good to remind ourselves that the old Romans were more realistic in symbolizing the state by a bundle of rods with an ax in the middle than are our contemporaries in ascribing to the state all the attributes of God. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 6.88MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 312KB
Government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. […] In face of the modern tendencies toward a deification of government and state, it is good to remind ourselves that the old Romans were more realistic in symbolizing the state by a bundle of rods with an ax in the middle than are our contemporaries in ascribing to the state all the attributes of God. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 9.54MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 443KB

Government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. […] In face of the modern tendencies toward a deification of government and state, it is good to remind ourselves that the old Romans were more realistic in symbolizing the state by a bundle of rods with an ax in the middle than are our contemporaries in ascribing to the state all the attributes of God. —Ludwig von Mises

1288: Henry Hazlitt – Maximize Production to Cure Poverty

The only real cure for poverty is production. The way to maximize production is to maximize the incentives to production. —Henry HazlittDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 8.22MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 395KB
The only real cure for poverty is production. The way to maximize production is to maximize the incentives to production. —Henry HazlittDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 9.85MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 506KB

The only real cure for poverty is production. The way to maximize production is to maximize the incentives to production. —Henry Hazlitt

1287: Henry Hazlitt – Needles Bureaucrats

When your money is taken by a thief, you get nothing in return. When your money is taken through taxes to support needless bureaucrats, precisely the same situation exists. —Henry HazlittDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.02MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 189KB
When your money is taken by a thief, you get nothing in return. When your money is taken through taxes to support needless bureaucrats, precisely the same situation exists. —Henry HazlittDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.52MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 286KB

When your money is taken by a thief, you get nothing in return. When your money is taken through taxes to support needless bureaucrats, precisely the same situation exists. —Henry Hazlitt

1286: Lysander Spooner – Man Refuses to be a Slave

The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of men, as to which of them shall be masters, and which of them slaves; a contest, that-however bloody-can, in the nature of things, never be finally closed, so long as man refuses to be a slave. —Lysander SpoonerDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.27MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 207KB

The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of men, as to which of them shall be masters, and which of them slaves; a contest, that-however bloody-can, in the nature of things, never be finally closed, so long as man refuses to be a slave. —Lysander Spooner

The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of men, as to which of them shall be masters, and which of them slaves; a contest, that-however bloody-can, in the nature of things, never be finally closed, so long as man refuses to be a slave. —Lysander Spooner

1285: Lysander Spooner – If Money Can Be Taken by Government

If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists. —Lysander SpoonerDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.00MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 215KB
If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists. —Lysander SpoonerDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.75MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 260KB

If any man’s money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists. —Lysander Spooner