The prospects are dim for a society that makes mascots out of the unproductive and condemns the productive. Walter E. Williams More Quotes by Walter E. Williams More Quotes From Walter E. Williams The bottom line is that the true test of one's commitment to freedom of association doesn't come when he allows people to associate in ways he approves. The true test of that commitment comes when he allows people to be free to voluntarily associate in ways he deems despicable. Forced association is not freedom of association. Walter E. Williams lines people commitment A caged canary is safe but not free. Walter E. Williams libertarian liberty safe After a Canadian has been referred to a specialist, the waiting list for gynecological surgery is four to 12 weeks, cataract removal 12 to 18 weeks, tonsillectomy three to 36 weeks and neurosurgery five to 30 weeks. Walter E. Williams four three waiting If our country is to survive and prosper, we must summon the courage to condemn and reject the liberal agenda, and we had better do it soon. Walter E. Williams agendas liberty country No human should be coerced by the state to bear the medical expense, or any other expense, for his fellow man. In other words, the forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another is morally offensive. Walter E. Williams purpose use men Universities have failed in their function of the pursuit of academic excellence by having dumbed down classes and granting degrees to students who are just barely literate and computationally incompetent. Walter E. Williams academic-excellence degrees class "Cap and trade" is just about the most effective tool for controlling most economic activity short of openly declaring ourselves a communist nation and it's a radical environmentalist's dream come true. Walter E. Williams communist tools dream There is no question that if one were to ask whether we Americans are moving towards more liberty or more government control over our lives, the answer would unambiguously be the latter - more government control over our lives. We might have reached a point where the trend is irreversible and that is a true tragedy for if liberty is lost in America, it will be lost for all times and all places. Walter E. Williams government america moving The founders of our nation feared paper currency because it gave government the means to steal from its citizens. Walter E. Williams citizens government mean Once Congress establishes that one person can live at the expense of another, it pays for everyone to try to do so. Walter E. Williams that-one-person trying pay A recent study by David Green and Laura Casper, 'Delay, Denial and Dilution,' written for the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs, concludes that the World Health Organization calculated that Britain has as many as 25,000 unnecessary cancer deaths a year because of under-provision of care. Walter E. Williams cancer organization years Whenever there's a tragedy involving gun use, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, the gun-control lobby and the news media seize it as another opportunity to exploit the emotions of uninformed American people for political gain. Walter E. Williams media gun opportunity I don't know about you, but if you hear that Williams guns have been taken, you'll know Williams is dead. Walter E. Williams gun taken knows Tyrants always condemn and seek to replace the market process with government coercion because tyrants do not trust that people behaving voluntarily will do what the tyrants think they should do. Walter E. Williams tyrants government thinking If you hate my guts and have designs to hurt me, and I see you building a cannon aimed at my house, I am not going to wait for you to finish construction. Walter E. Williams hate hurt house If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor's degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma. Walter E. Williams degrees college school The only organized political party with a Christian vision of morality is the Libertarian Party. Walter E. Williams political party christian The only way Congress can get one dollar to spend is to take that one dollar from Americans, borrow that one dollar from Americans, or inflate that one dollar from Americans. So, it's very much like the visual image of a swimming pool. A person notes there is a shallow end, so he takes the water out of the deep end and pours it in the shallow end, hoping to raise the height of the water in the pool - and you would call that person stupid. Walter E. Williams swimming stupid water It is not wise for us to permit a few people on the Federal Reserve Board to have life and death power over our economy. My recommendation for reducing some of that power is to repeal legal tender laws and eliminate all taxes on gold, silver and platinum transactions. That way there would be money substitutes and the government money monopoly would be reduced and hence the ability to tax - some people would say steal from - us through inflation. Walter E. Williams government wise law I have nothing against rich people. In fact, I've been struggling most of my life to join them. Walter E. Williams struggle facts people
