…the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
– John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
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February 18th, 2002 | Comments are closed
 I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. February 17th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Congress is now discussing ethics of business. This is the first time for many congressmen – not business, but ethics. February 16th, 2002 | Comments are closed
To end corruption in high places, don’t try to end corruption, end high places February 15th, 2002 | Comments are closed
February 14th, 2002 | Comments are closed
I hope that if evil days should come upon our own country, and the last army which a collapsing Empire could interpose between London and the invader were dissolving in rout and ruin, that there would be some, even in these modern days, who would not care to accustom themselves to a new order of things and tamely survive the disaster. February 12th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Peace! …and Snap really was the lyrical Jessie James. February 11th, 2002 | Comments are closed
February 10th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Real free trade would mean no subsidies, no trade taxes, no loan guarantees, and, for Heaven’s sake, no bailouts of foreign banks and governments. February 9th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Nobody wants to get shot with any sort of pistol, which brings us around to the first principle of gun fighting, which is “Have a gun!” February 8th, 2002 | Comments are closed
February 7th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Freedom without opportunity is a devil’s gift The devil’s gift is the granting of ‘opportunity’ as the excuse to limit freedom February 6th, 2002 | Comments are closed
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