People mostly do as they like, and that would be fine if they'd let other people do the same.

If there were just one gift you could choose, but nothing barred, what would it be? We wish you then your own wish; you name it. Ours is liberty, now and forever.

People mostly do as they like, and that would be fine if they'd let other people do the same.

Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.

The power to do things for people is also the power to do things to people.

Right now it is a terrible thing to be a rugged individualist; but we don't know what else to be except a feeble nonentity.

As such, the least practicable measure of government must be the best. Anything beyond the minimum must be oppression.