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All of political history history can be summed up as a struggle to throw the bad guys out and put the good guys in.

Any time you read that your government is erecting tariff barriers, supporting threatened industries with subsidies, or interfering in any way with free trade between individuals or nations, you must realize that your standard of living is being lowered as a result.

Being the richest man on a sinking ship is a bitter victory

Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs.

How to obtain freedom has been, and is, mankind's most important quest.

...human beings always have and always will seek havens where we are free to be productive and to keep the property we create.

I am unable to accept the idea that I should be an obedient subject of a gang of corrupt, unprincipled thugs who pontificate about freedom while enslaving the population.

In Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself acknowledged that only 20% of the destruction inflicted by his invasion was inflicted on military objectives. Civilian non-combatants, essentially innocents, suffered 80% of the losses.

Monopoly power is an illusion in any system in which free competition is allowed.

Only in situations where competition is illegal will competition not act naturally to bring the best product at the lowest price to the consumer.

Peace and prosperity are inversely proportional to the level of taxation.

Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve.

Size of industry, concentration of market, or production notwithstanding, the consumer is best served when the businessman is completely free to pursue his profit goals.