You don’t help a depressed economy by giving control of its resources to politicians. —Bob Murphy
Tag: Bureaucracy
When a gang member steals, it is called theft. When the mafia calls a hit, it is called murder. When a politician orders the same, it is called “Public Policy” —Jack Lloyd
It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil. —F.A. Hayek
Tariff policy beneficiaries are always visible, but its victims are mostly invisible. Politicians love this. The reason is simple: The beneficiaries know for whom to cast their ballots, and the victims don’t know whom to blame for their calamity. —Walter Williams
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. —Hanlon’s Razor
The most potent anti-authoritarian action is to tell the truth. —Jordan Peterson
Democracy has turned out to be not majority rule, but rule by well-organized and well-connected minority groups who steal from the majority. —Lew Rockwell
The two major political parties are so filled to the brim with anti-constitution and ant-liberty sociopaths, that I don’t believe there is such a thing as a ‘lesser of two evils.’ They’re both thoroughly evil. —Michael Boldin (Tenth Amendment Center)
I’m not really conservative. I’m conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don’t any more. —Clint Eastwood
You can become president with no contact with economic reality. —Thomas Sowell