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Thomas Jefferson, in his first inaugural address, articulated one of the clearest assertions about “good government” consistent with the spirit of the Declaration.
“…a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall n
... See moreThe laws of property are to be entirely subject to the sovereign; for in a state of nature there is no property, and therefore property is created by government, which may control its creation as it pleases.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Do Contrato Social (Portuguese Edition)
Locke parle des Irlandais, en révolte endémique et désespérée contre la spoliation et l’oppression exercées par les colons anglais, en termes méprisants, comme d’une population de « brigands118 ».
Bernard Chamayou • Contre-histoire du libéralisme (POCHES ESSAIS t. 416) (French Edition)
Jim is what I call a rugged individualist. His brand of individualism comes straight out of the philosophy of the Enlightenment era, the writings of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, the same philosophical roots as the American Revolution and soon after that the French Revolution. Gone forever was the doctrine of the divine right of kings. It got repla
... See moreBruce Springsteen • Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship (Goop Press)
He remains the foremost architect of political liberalism.
Louis N Sarkozy • Napoleon's Library: The Emperor, His Books and Their Influence on the Napoleonic Era
‘Knowledge liberates,’ Isaiah Berlin writes in his ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’, ‘not by offering us more open possibilities amongst which we can make our choice, but by preserving us from the frustration of attempting the impossible.’
Adam Phillips • Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life
In The Ethics of Liberty Rothbard explains libertarian anarcho‐capitalism as the only logically coherent implication of the idea of free will and self‐ownership:
Saifedean Ammous • The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
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