Quotes by Liberty Liberty has as many chains as an iron-monger's shop, and as rusty. Austin O'Malley iron chains liberty In levying taxes and in shearing sheep, it is well to stop when you get down to the skin. Austin O'Malley liberty skins sheep Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend. Ayaan Hirsi Ali free-speech freedom-of-speech liberty We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality Ayn Rand oil liberty reality The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time. Ayn Rand differences liberty matter The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government. Ayn Rand libertarian-party liberty men Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority. Ayn Rand majority liberty rights Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others. Ayn Rand economics liberty decision Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to him, but belong to society, that the only justification of his existence is his service to society, and that society may dispose of him in any way it pleases for the sake of whatever it deems to be its own tribal, collective good. Ayn Rand doctrine liberty men In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their own individual judgments, convictions and interests dictate. Ayn Rand economics liberty men Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel. Ayn Rand liberty money rights The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government. Ayn Rand liberty government doe A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence. Ayn Rand effort liberty together The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master. Ayn Rand sacrifice liberty men We are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody. Ayn Rand socialism liberty moving The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others. Ayn Rand liberty rights mean The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. Ayn Rand liberty tomorrow today The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny. Ayn Rand majority-rule liberty principles The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence. Ayn Rand argument liberty intellectual In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. Ayn Rand liberty evil winning «56789101112131415»