Great quotes

[AMonger]

"Life,faculties,production—in other words,individuality, liberty,property -- this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders,these three gifts from God precede all human legislation and are superior to it." -- Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) [Claude Frederic Bastiat] French economist, statesman,and author. He did most of his writing during the years just before -- and immediately following -- the French Revolution of February 1848 Source: The Law,1850 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Frederic.Bastiat.Quote.BFAE


"Government is,and always has been,the greatest criminal threat to the peaceful members of society." -- Richard M. Ebeling (1950- ) Author,Professor of Economics,Hillsdale College Source: The Tyranny Of Gun Control,xii (Future Of Freedom Foundation 1997) http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Richard.Ebeling.Quote.0720

 

[tenntrucker]

I like the one from the movie V for Vendetta; "people shouldn't be afraid of their government, but instead government should be afraid of the people".

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[aristotle]

I like the one from the movie V for Vendetta; "people shouldn't be afraid of their government, but instead government should be afraid of the people".

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I just saw "V For Vendetta" for the first time on late night cable TV about 3 weeks ago. The political and social themes running throughout the movie were about as interesting as any movie I have ever seen. I need to watch "V" again, more carefully to catch the sublime moments, as there were many. I highly recommend "V" for anyone interested in political/social commentary.