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“[S]tatism is but socialized dishonesty; it is feathering the nests of some with feathers coercively plucked from others - on the grand scale. There is no moral difference between the act of a pickpocket and the progressive income tax or any other social program.”
-- Leonard Read

#Differences #Liberty #Nests
“The proper and limited use of government is to invoke a common justice and keep the peace - and that is all.”
-- Leonard Read

#Government #Justice #Liberty
“The American people are becoming more and more afraid of, and are running away from, their own revolution.”
-- Leonard Read

#Running #People #Liberty
“Were it necessary to bring a majority into a comprehension of the libertarian philosophy, the cause of liberty would be utterly hopeless. Every significant movement in history has been led by one or just a few individuals with a small minority of energetic supporters.”
-- Leonard Read

#Philosophy #Liberty #Movement
“We need only take our heads out of the sand to see clearly that interventionism not only has failed to provide the promised something-for-nothing, but has led to all sorts of undesirable consequences. Indeed, many are just beginning to realize that we are moving towards disaster even though we have been on a wrong heading for decades.”
-- Leonard Read

#Moving #Gold #Needs
“Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth.”
-- Leonard Read

#Creating #Wealth #Socialism
“What, actually, is the difference between communism and fascism? Both are forms of statism, authoritarianism. The only difference between Stalin's communism and Mussolini's fascism is an insignificant detail in organizational structure.”
-- Leonard Read

#Differences #Details #Individualism
“I would have government defend the life and property of all citizens equally; protect all willing exchange; suppress and penalize all fraud, all misrepresentation, all violence, all predatory practices; invoke a common justice under law; and keep the records incidental to these functions. Even this is a bigger assignment than governments, generally, have proven capable of. Let governments do these things and do them well. Leave all else to men in free and creative effort.”
-- Leonard Read

#Letting Go #Men #Law

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