1173: Ron Paul – Overthrowing Tyrants is True Patriotism

Whether the resistance against government tyrants is non-violent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism. —Ron PaulDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.97MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 255KB
Whether the resistance against government tyrants is non-violent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism. —Ron PaulDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.62MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 333KB

Whether the resistance against government tyrants is non-violent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism. —Ron Paul

1165: Tom Woods – The Civil War was Fought to Prevent Secession

The war was fought to prevent the secession, not to free the slaves. People who took up arms in the South did so because they were being invaded. —Tom WoodsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.18MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 218KB
The war was fought to prevent the secession, not to free the slaves. People who took up arms in the South did so because they were being invaded. —Tom WoodsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.07MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 291KB

The war was fought to prevent the secession, not to free the slaves. People who took up arms in the South did so because they were being invaded. —Tom Woods

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

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

1044: Rose Wilder Lane – Ancient Superstition of Authority

So long as any large group of persons, anywhere on this earth, believe the ancient superstition that some Authority is responsible for their welfare, they will set up some image of that Authority and try to obey it. And the result will be poverty and war. —Rose Wilder Lane (The Discovery Of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority)Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.86MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 239KB
So long as any large group of persons, anywhere on this earth, believe the ancient superstition that some Authority is responsible for their welfare, they will set up some image of that Authority and try to obey it. And the result will be poverty and war. —Rose Wilder Lane (The Discovery Of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority)Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.71MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 301KB
So long as any large group of persons, anywhere on this earth, believe the ancient superstition that some Authority is responsible for their welfare, they will set up some image of that Authority and try to obey it. And the result will be poverty and war. —Rose Wilder Lane (The Discovery Of Freedom: Man’s Struggle Against Authority)

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

1019: F.A. Hayek – Psychological Change That Will Destroy Liberty

The most important change which extensive government control produces is a psychological change, an alteration in the character of the people.

This is necessarily a slow affair, a process which extends not over a few years but perhaps over one or two generations.

The important point is that the political ideals of a people and its attitude toward authority are as much the effect as the cause of the political institutions under which it lives.

This means, among other things, that EVEN a strong tradition of political liberty is no safeguard if the danger is precisely that new institutions and policies will gradually undermine and destroy that spirit.Download Print Quality (3050×3840) 2.18MB  |  Normal Quality (1525×1920) 271KB