Walter E. Williams

• No matter how worthy the cause, it is robbery, theft & injustice to confiscate the property of 1 person & give it to another to whom it does not belong.
• Don't make the mistake of equating economic freedom with democracy. — Liberty Versus the Tyranny of Socialism (p.178)
• How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi & Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does not justify these crimes. Legality, alone, cannot be the talisman of moral people.
• I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money & be on their way, but a Congressman will stand there & bore you with the reasons why he took it.
• Let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn & you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you & why?
• Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the 1^st place.