John Hospers Quotes

• If each human being is to have liberty, he cannot also have the liberty to deprive others of their liberty.

  John Hospers

  Liberty, Humans, Ifs

  John Hospers (1971). “Libertarianism: a political philosophy for tomorrow”

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• By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments... The major crimes throughout history, the ones executed on the largest scale, have been committed not by individuals or bands of individuals but by governments, as a deliberate policy of those governments-that is, by the official representatives of governments, acting in their official capacity.

  John Hospers

  Life, Rights, Government

  John Hospers (1971). “Libertarianism: a political philosophy for tomorrow”

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• The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war.

  John Hospers

  War, Government, Risk

  John Hospers (1971). “Libertarianism: a political philosophy for tomorrow”

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• Whether or not we have personality disturbances, whether or not we have the ability to overcome deficiencies of early environment, is like the answer to the question whether or not we shall be struck down by a dread disease: "it's all a matter of luck." It is important to keep this in mind, for people almost always forget it, with consequences in human intolerance and unnecessary suffering that are incalculable.

  John Hospers

  People, Personality, Luck

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• An economy cannot long remain prosperous by government's taxing and spending more, now absorbing national output at a rate equal to the entire income of every American living west of the Mississippi. If this trend continues, America will gradually sink into the status of a Third World nation - more unemployment, more shackles on production, more poverty.

  John Hospers

  Government, America, Long

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• Undertaking initially to protect its citizens against aggression, [government] has often itself become … a far greater aggressor.

  John Hospers

  Government, Citizens, Protect

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• ...More than almost any current book, DTU will wake the reader from his dogmatic slumbers. It is eminently readable, challenging, and provocative.

  John Hospers

  Book, Challenges, Slumber

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