It is precisely those things which belong to "the people" which have historically been despoiled- wild creatures, the air, and waterways being notable examples. This goes to the heart of why property rights are socially important in the first place. Property rights mean self-interested monitors. No owned creatures are in danger of extinction. No owned forests are in danger of being leveled. No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg when it is his goose.
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When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative.
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systematic organization of hatreds.
Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the
systematic organization of hatreds.
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I can see clearly now ... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate...
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Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.
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What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.
The foundation of justice is good faith.
The foundation of justice is good faith.
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