Taking Five And Returning Four Is Not

We Cannot But Be Astonished At The Ease With Which Men Resign Themselves To Ignorance About What Is Most Important For Them To Know; And We May Be Certain That They Are Determined To Remain Invincibly Ignorant If They Once Come To Consider It As Axiomatic That There Are No Absolute Principles.

Treat All Economic Questions From The Viewpoint Of The Consumer, For The Interests Of The Consumer Are The Interests Of The Human Race.

The Mission Of The Law Is Not To Oppress Persons And Plunder Them Of Their Property, Even Though The Law May Be Acting In A Philanthropic Spirit. Its Purpose Is To Protect Persons And Property.... If You Exceed This Proper Limit -- If You Attempt To Make The Law Religious, Fraternal, Equalizing, Philanthropic, Industrial, Or Artistic -- You Will Then Be Lost In Uncharted Territory, In Vagueness And Uncertainty, In A Forced Utopia Or, Even Worse, In A Multitude Of Utopias, Each Striving To Seize The Law And Impose It On You.

Which Countries Contain The Most Peaceful, The Most Moral, And The Happiest People? Those People Are Found In The Countries Where The Law Least Interferes With Private Affairs; Where The Government Is Least Felt; Where The Individual Has The Greatest Scope, And Free Opinion The Greatest Influence; Where The Administrative Powers Are Fewest And Simplest; Where Taxes Are Lightest And Most Nearly Equal

It Must Be Admitted That The Tendency Of The Human Race Toward Liberty Is Largely Thwarted, Especially In France. This Is Greatly Due To A Fatal Desire-learned From The Teachings Of Antiquity-that Our Writers On Public Affairs Have In Common: They Desire To Set Themselves Above Mankind In Order To Arrange, Organize, And Regulate It According To Their Fancy.