From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position, and that the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently. Equality before the law and material equality are therefore not only different but are in conflict which each other; and we can achieve either one or the other, but not both at the same time.
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It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hangman, and violent mobs to fight it. But it is a proof of the fact that those taking recourse to violent oppression are in their subconsciousness convinced of the untenability of their own doctrines.
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Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
No one has a right to happiness.
No one has a right to happiness.
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If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
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Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.
Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.
Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.
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I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
A thief believes everybody steals.
A thief believes everybody steals.
