Politics Quotes

"In the hands of tyrants, knowledge becomes a weapon of oppression."

"Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone."

"There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency."

"This is not a proposal for a world economy; it is a proposal for the abolition of the present arrangements."

"The relation of the individual to the state is the fundamental problem of all economics."

"Capitalism itself is not intelligent; it is merely that some of the men who practice it are intelligent."

"The difficulty of leaving the gold standard is both political and theoretical."

"Nations are not destroyed except by themselves"

"Political change reflects moral change"

"The purpose of the state is to protect the liberty and happiness of its citizens."

"Laws that are too harsh often provoke resistance and rebellion."

"The state exists to serve the happiness of its citizens, not to dominate them."

"When laws are arbitrary, they create fear and resentment rather than obedience."

"The true enemy of liberty is not laws, but the arbitrary enforcement of laws."

"Political systems must be based on principles discoverable by reason."

"Planning may well destroy the chief safeguard of individual liberty: the fact that the state cannot know what the individual plans to do."

"The only way to halt the continuous expansion of the power of the state is to draw limits to its competence."

"The argument for democracy is not that it makes better decisions, but that it provides a peaceful way to remove bad ones."

"The worst form of tyranny is the tyranny of the majority, especially when it uses democratic mechanisms."

"The welfare state rests on the assumption that we know better how to spend other people's money than they do."

"Intervention in markets creates new problems that require further interventions, leading to ever-greater control."

"Democracy without constitutional limits is merely majority tyranny with better public relations."

"The claim that democracy requires economic equality is historically and logically unfounded."

"To say that markets fail is to ignore the far greater and more systematic failures of government planning."

"Inflation is not a natural phenomenon but the result of deliberate government policy."

"Politics is the art of living together despite fundamental disagreements."

"Politics at its best is the pursuit of the common good through dialogue."

"The fall of republics begins when justice becomes the servant of power."

"The state that ignores its own history is doomed to repeat its mistakes."

"The greatest monuments to a civilization are its laws and institutions."