Friday, May 31, 2024

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.