Tibor R. Machan quotes
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“This right to life, this right to liberty, and this right to pursue one's happiness is unabashedly individualistic, without in the slightest denying at the same time our thoroughly social nature. It's only that our social relations, while vital to us all, must be chosen - that is what makes the crucial difference.”
-- Tibor R. MachanSource : "Collectivist Thinking Is Rife in the USA". www.strike-the-root.com. March 01, 2004.
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“If welfare and equality are to be primary aims of law, some people must necessarily possess a greater power of coercion in order to force redistribution of material goods. Political power alone should be equal among human beings; yet striving for other kinds of equality absolutely requires political inequality.”
-- Tibor R. MachanSource : Tibor R. Machan (1995). “Private Rights and Public Illusions”, p.81, Transaction Publishers
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“It is only within a free society that the crucial moral features of human life can be protected and preserved”
-- Tibor R. MachanSource : Tibor R. Machan (2003). “The Passion for Liberty”, p.76, Rowman & Littlefield
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“The institution of taxation is not a civilized but a barbaric method to fund anything, because it amounts to nothing less than outright extortion, a gross violation of human liberty.”
-- Tibor R. MachanSource : "What's Wrong with Taxation?". mises.org. November 22, 2002.
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“Fascism is [...] arbitrary rule by a charismatic head of state.”
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“Politicians are leeches, mostly.”
-- Tibor R. MachanSource : "Why Honor Politicians?". mises.org. February 24, 2004.
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“A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.”
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“I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.”
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“If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.”
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“The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.”
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“Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.”
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