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Tom Jefferson Quote

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"It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately." -- Thomas Jefferson

Also a link to a page with a bunch of quote of famous people which capture the gist (or is it jist/) of libertarianism. You might not be interested, but I am still convinced that many people, willfully and otherwise, misunderstand what the philosophy is really about. I have to believe that most people are inclined to agree with the principles once they understand them.

http://freedomkeys.com/busybodies.htm
 
You obviously haven't read the wonderful book, "The Case for Mob Rule by Charismatic Men Promising Bread and Circuses".
 
Thanks, Billy

Great site! These quotes are relevant for nearly every contentious subject (from abortion to X-ecution) in the U.S. I've got a few favorites:

"Looking at history in general, I am simply amazed at how many people just cannot leave other people alone." -- Thomas Sowell to Walter E. Williams, April 2, 2004

"He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice." -- Albert Einstein

"The Constitutional right to free association means that you can hang out with only left-handed Cajuns if you want to. More people need to stand up to self-righteous busybodies who try to tell everybody else how to live." -- Dr. Thomas Sowell

"There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers." -- Ayn Rand

"The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves." -- John Locke

"Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant." -- Clint Eastwood in an essay he wrote for the January 12, 1997 issue of Parade Magazine
 
Mephisto said:
"He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice." -- Albert Einstein
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Yeah, because (*snrk*) Einstein (*snicker*) was such a (*bwahaha*) libertarian...
 
You know, I've never understod the notion that quoting some dead guy, perhaps even out of context, can possibly be considered an argument for anything.
 
Kerberos said:
You know, I've never understod the notion that quoting some dead guy, perhaps even out of context, can possibly be considered an argument for anything.
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"When the facts are on you side, but the law is against you, stress the facts. When the law is on your side, but the facts are against you stress the law. When both the facts and the law is against you, pound the table and yell like hell". Laywer maxim
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True, but such quotes make nice sig lines, doncha think? ;)
 
Kerberos said:
You know, I've never understod the notion that quoting some dead guy, perhaps even out of context, can possibly be considered an argument for anything.
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Agreed, but if we try to quote a living person to make an arguement from authority, they might something to make us regret that tommorrow. The dead are usually fairly consistent.
 
ImaginalDisc said:
Agreed, but if we try to quote a living person to make an arguement from authority, they might something to make us regret that tommorrow. The dead are usually fairly consistent.
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That's true, but the longer somebody has been dead the more the world is likely to have changed, so even if they might have been considered authorities when they lived, they can frequently no longer be considered so today.
 
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