Tag: People

1265: John Stossel – People Are Not Comfortable with Freedom

W1265: John Stossel - People Are Not Comfortable with Freedom
People are not comfortable with freedom. They're scared, they're worried that if people can do whatever they want, the rich will abuse the poor, the strong will abuse the weak. It's just easier to believe that if you elect wise people who want to help, that it will be better. But it doesn’t help. Once I learned [libertarianism] it was just clear to me, but most people will never either spend the time to learn it or they can't learn it. —John Stossel
People are not comfortable with freedom. They're scared, they're worried that if people can do whatever they want, the rich will abuse the poor, the strong will abuse the weak. It's just easier to believe that if you elect wise people who want to help, that it will be better. But it doesn’t help. Once I learned [libertarianism] it was just clear to me, but most people will never either spend the time to learn it or they can't learn it. —John StosselDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 6.96MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 339KB
People are not comfortable with freedom. They're scared, they're worried that if people can do whatever they want, the rich will abuse the poor, the strong will abuse the weak. It's just easier to believe that if you elect wise people who want to help, that it will be better. But it doesn’t help. Once I learned [libertarianism] it was just clear to me, but most people will never either spend the time to learn it or they can't learn it. —John StosselDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 9.89MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 464KB

People are not comfortable with freedom. They’re scared, they’re worried that if people can do whatever they want, the rich will abuse the poor, the strong will abuse the weak. It’s just easier to believe that if you elect wise people who want to help, that it will be better. But it doesn’t help.
Once I learned [libertarianism] it was just clear to me, but most people will never either spend the time to learn it or they can’t learn it. —John Stossel

1259: Yeonmi Park – Guns are Very Important to Defend Against Corrupt Governments

W1259: Yeonmi Park - Guns are Very Important to Defend Against Corrupt Governments
Guns are dangerous, crime and accidents happen, but it's very important for people to have the ability to defend themselves from corrupt governments. —Yeonmi Park
Guns are dangerous, crime and accidents happen, but it's very important for people to have the ability to defend themselves from corrupt governments. —Yeonmi ParkDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.07MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 266KB
Guns are dangerous, crime and accidents happen, but it's very important for people to have the ability to defend themselves from corrupt governments. —Yeonmi ParkDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.42MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 320KB

Guns are dangerous, crime and accidents happen, but it’s very important for people to have the ability to defend themselves from corrupt governments. —Yeonmi Park

1249: Murray Rothbard – It is No Crime to be Ignorant of Economics

W1249: Murray Rothbard - It is No Crime to be Ignorant of Economics
It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. —Murray Rothbard
It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. —Murray RothbardDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.16MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 262KB
It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. —Murray RothbardDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 6.64MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 316KB

It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. —Murray Rothbard

1219: Mary Ruwart – Punishing Flag Burning

W1219: Mary Ruwart - Punishing Flag Burning
You believe that flag burning shows disrespect towards those who have fought to preserve our freedoms. Punishing protestors shows an even more profound disrespect for the ideals that these people died for. An intact flag is worthless if it no longer stands for freedom. A flag burned to ashes challenges us to remember just exactly what freedom is. ―Mary Ruwart
You believe that flag burning shows disrespect towards those who have fought to preserve our freedoms. Punishing protestors shows an even more profound disrespect for the ideals that these people died for. An intact flag is worthless if it no longer stands for freedom. A flag burned to ashes challenges us to remember just exactly what freedom is. ―Mary RuwartDownload Print Quality (3840×2010)   |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 340KB
You believe that flag burning shows disrespect towards those who have fought to preserve our freedoms. Punishing protestors shows an even more profound disrespect for the ideals that these people died for. An intact flag is worthless if it no longer stands for freedom. A flag burned to ashes challenges us to remember just exactly what freedom is. ―Mary RuwartDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 7.19MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 416KB

You believe that flag burning shows disrespect towards those who have fought to preserve our freedoms. Punishing protestors shows an even more profound disrespect for the ideals that these people died for. An intact flag is worthless if it no longer stands for freedom. A flag burned to ashes challenges us to remember just exactly what freedom is. ―Mary Ruwart

1126: John Stossel – Acting in Self-Interest Powers the World

W1126: John Stossel – Acting in Self-Interest
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. —John Stossel (In Defense of Capitalism)
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. —John Stossel (In Defense of Capitalism)Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.27MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 227KB
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. —John Stossel (In Defense of Capitalism)Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.25MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 306KB
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. —John Stossel (In Defense of Capitalism)

1123: Justin Amash – Principles Matter

W1123: Justin Amash - Principles Matter
Don't let people convince you that principles only matter when the outcome is in your favor. Principles matter especially, and really only when the outcome is not in your favor. —Justin Amash
Don't let people convince you that principles only matter when the outcome is in your favor. Principles matter especially, and really only when the outcome is not in your favor. —Justin AmashDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.91MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 213KB
Don't let people convince you that principles only matter when the outcome is in your favor. Principles matter especially, and really only when the outcome is not in your favor. —Justin AmashDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.28MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 281KB
Don’t let people convince you that principles only matter when the outcome is in your favor. Principles matter especially, and really only when the outcome is not in your favor. —Justin Amash

1121: Jordan Peterson – Doesn’t Mean They Would Do It

W1121: Jordan Peterson - Actually Do It
Many people have told me how I could've done it or said it better, although it didn't mean that they would actually do it. —Jordan Peterson
Many people have told me how I could've done it or said it better, although it didn't mean that they would actually do it. —Jordan PetersonDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.32MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 207KB
Many people have told me how I could've done it or said it better, although it didn't mean that they would actually do it. —Jordan PetersonDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.08MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 280KB
Many people have told me how I could’ve done it or said it better, although it didn’t mean that they would actually do it. —Jordan Peterson

1112: Larken Rose – Belief in Authority

W1112: Larken Rose - Belief in Authority
I'm not scared of the Maos and the Stalins and the Hitlers. I'm scared of the thousands of millions of people that hallucinate them to be "authority", and so do their bidding, and pay for their empires, and carry out their orders. I don't care if there's one looney with a stupid moustache. He's not a threat if the people do not believe in "authority". —Larken Rose
I'm not scared of the Maos and the Stalins and the Hitlers. I'm scared of the thousands of millions of people that hallucinate them to be Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.08MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 193KB
I'm not scared of the Maos and the Stalins and the Hitlers. I'm scared of the thousands of millions of people that hallucinate them to be Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.92MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 245KB
I’m not scared of the Maos and the Stalins and the Hitlers. I’m scared of the thousands of millions of people that hallucinate them to be “authority”, and so do their bidding, and pay for their empires, and carry out their orders. I don’t care if there’s one looney with a stupid moustache. He’s not a threat if the people do not believe in “authority”. —Larken Rose

1109: David Nolan – LP Founder on the Libertarian Party

F1110: David Nolan - LP Founder (short version)
We have unfortunately created a little class of mini bureaucrats who are more concerned with keeping their jobs and perpetuating the institution as an institution and raising money than they are with spreading the message. When we started out our goal was to spread the word, it was sort of evangelical, to spread the word of liberty out to the world at large and we had people like Murray Rothbard and John Hospers and many other distinguished thinkers of that era involved in the party. Now we’re down to the level of people who are I think for the most part well intended, but when compared to those men are several orders down the intellectual scale and they are absorbed with minutia they are concerned with budgets, they are afraid to say anything that might scare people, that might keep people from voting for us. So it’s become a very timid organization in the past 6 or 8 years. —David Nolan
We have unfortunately created a little class of mini bureaucrats who are more concerned with keeping their jobs and perpetuating the institution as an institution and raising money than they are with spreading the message. When we started out our goal was to spread the word, it was sort of evangelical, to spread the word of liberty out to the world at large and we had people like Murray Rothbard and John Hospers and many other distinguished thinkers of that era involved in the party. Now we’re down to the level of people who are I think for the most part well intended, but when compared to those men are several orders down the intellectual scale and they are absorbed with minutia they are concerned with budgets, they are afraid to say anything that might scare people, that might keep people from voting for us. So it’s become a very timid organization in the past 6 or 8 years. —David NolanDownload Print Quality (5426×7680) 411KB  |  Normal Quality (2713×3840) 199KB
We have unfortunately created a little class of mini bureaucrats who are more concerned with keeping their jobs and perpetuating the institution as an institution and raising money than they are with spreading the message. When we started out our goal was to spread the word, it was sort of evangelical, to spread the word of liberty out to the world at large and we had people like Murray Rothbard and John Hospers and many other distinguished thinkers of that era involved in the party. Now we’re down to the level of people who are I think for the most part well intended, but when compared to those men are several orders down the intellectual scale and they are absorbed with minutia they are concerned with budgets, they are afraid to say anything that might scare people, that might keep people from voting for us. So it’s become a very timid organization in the past 6 or 8 years. —David Nolan

1108: John Stuart Mill – Dare to be Different

F1108: John Stuart Mill - Dare to be Different
The mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach. It is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. —John Stuart Mill
The mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach. It is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. —John Stuart MillDownload Print Quality (5426×7680) 321KB  |  Normal Quality (2713×3840) 152KB