1199: Walter Williams – Tariff Victims are Invisible

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 WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 8.01MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 355KB
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 WilliamsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 10.61MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 472KB

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

1195: Lew Rockwell – Most Urgent Priority is Separation of Economy and State

Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state. —Lew RockwellDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.20MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 213KB
Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state. —Lew RockwellDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 6.98MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 275KB

Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state. —Lew Rockwell

1193: Peter Schiff – Minimum Wage Laws Make it Harder to Find Work

Minimum wage laws make it illegal for a worker to accept a job that pays less, even if the worker needs that job. —Peter SchiffDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.45MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 156KB
Minimum wage laws make it illegal for a worker to accept a job that pays less, even if the worker needs that job. —Peter SchiffDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.35MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 207KB

Minimum wage laws make it illegal for a worker to accept a job that pays less, even if the worker needs that job. —Peter Schiff

1189: Ron Paul – How Black Markets Work

Prohibiting something that is highly desired does not make the desire go away but merely ensures that the supply of that good is provided in the most dangerous and undesirable manner possible, and endows criminal sectors of society with additional wealth and power. —Ron Paul (The Revolution: A Manifesto)Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.54MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 227KB
Prohibiting something that is highly desired does not make the desire go away but merely ensures that the supply of that good is provided in the most dangerous and undesirable manner possible, and endows criminal sectors of society with additional wealth and power. —Ron Paul (The Revolution: A Manifesto)Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.72MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 273KB

Prohibiting something that is highly desired does not make the desire go away but merely ensures that the supply of that good is provided in the most dangerous and undesirable manner possible, and endows criminal sectors of society with additional wealth and power. —Ron Paul (The Revolution: A Manifesto)

1172: Milton Friedman – Lack of Belief in Freedom Itself

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. —Milton FriedmanDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.29MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 173KB
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. —Milton FriedmanDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.60MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 214KB

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. —Milton Friedman

1127: Ludwig von Mises – Mass Unemployment not Caused by the Free Market

Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy. —Ludwig von Mises (The Theory of Money and Credit)Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.67MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 157KB
Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy. —Ludwig von Mises (The Theory of Money and Credit)Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.25MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 200KB
Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy. —Ludwig von Mises (The Theory of Money and Credit)

1102: Mary J. Ruwart – Business will Control Govt

As long as government has the power to regulate business, business will control government, by funding the candidate that legislates in their favor.  A free-market thwarts lobbying by taking the power that corporations seek, away from government! The only sure way to prevent the rich from buying unfair government influence is to stop allowing government to use physical force against peaceful people. —Mary J. RuwartDownload Print Quality (7680×4020) 229KB  |  Normal Quality (3840×2010) 208KB
As long as government has the power to regulate business, business will control government, by funding the candidate that legislates in their favor.  A free-market thwarts lobbying by taking the power that corporations seek, away from government! The only sure way to prevent the rich from buying unfair government influence is to stop allowing government to use physical force against peaceful people. —Mary J. RuwartDownload Print Quality (6892×7680) 331KB  |  Normal Quality (3446×3840) 296KB
As long as government has the power to regulate business, business will control government, by funding the candidate that legislates in their favor. A free-market thwarts lobbying by taking the power that corporations seek, away from government! The only sure way to prevent the rich from buying unfair government influence is to stop allowing government to use physical force against peaceful people. —Mary J. Ruwart

1075: Ayn Rand – Statists and Control

One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary. —Ayn RandDownload Print Quality (3840×2012) 1.55MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1006) 189KB
One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary. —Ayn RandDownload Print Quality (3840×3840) 3.58MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1920) 257KB
One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary. —Ayn Rand

1064: Ron Paul – Racism is Collectivism

Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than as individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 4.69MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 305KB

1043: Tom Woods – How Many Would Stand Up to Propaganda

There are a lot that will generally cheer on the free-market. But how many are going to stand up to the entire regime, to its intellectuals, to its media, when the chips are down and the propaganda is flying? The number is vanishingly small. —Tom Woods Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.53MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 261KB
There are a lot that will generally cheer on the free-market. But how many are going to stand up to the entire regime, to its intellectuals, to its media, when the chips are down and the propaganda is flying? The number is vanishingly small. —Tom Woods Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 6.85MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 337KB
There are a lot that will generally cheer on the free-market. But how many are going to stand up to the entire regime, to its intellectuals, to its media, when the chips are down and the propaganda is flying? The number is vanishingly small. —Tom Woods