The Economist's Cookbook

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." - V

"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
- George Orwell

"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." - George Washington

"If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action." -Ludwig von Mises

"It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a "dismal science." But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance." - Murray Rothbard