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			 ...if we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular read more 
	 ...if we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion. 
		
 
	
			 If we would have civilization and the exertion indispensable to its success, we must have property; if we have property, read more 
	 If we would have civilization and the exertion indispensable to its success, we must have property; if we have property, we must have its rights; if we have the rights of property, we must take those consequences of the rights of property which are inseparable from the rights themselves. 
		
 
	
			 If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.  
	 If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. 
		
 
	
			 Freedom released the energies of the masses not by exhilarating but by unbalancing, irritating, and goading.  
	 Freedom released the energies of the masses not by exhilarating but by unbalancing, irritating, and goading. 
		
 
	
			 A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.  
	 A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits. 
		
 
	
			 Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; read more 
	 Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion. 
		
 
	
			 It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which read more 
	 It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses of men exhibit their tyranny. 
		
 
	
			 The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have read more 
	 The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day. 
		
 
	
			 The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations.  
	 The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations.