"In regard to the so-called social contract, I have often had occasion to protest that I haven't even seen the contract, much less been asked to consent to it. A valid contract requires voluntary offer, acceptance, and consideration. I've never received an offer from my rulers, so I certainly have not accepted one; and rather than consideration, I have received nothing but contempt from the rulers, who, notwithstanding the absence of any agreement, have indubitably threatened me with grave harm in the event that I fail to comply with their edicts."

-- Robert Higgs

#Acceptance Quotes #Agreement Quotes #Events Quotes

“When I first started making music, it was learning other peoples songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas.”
“Among other things, the Real ID Act sets minimum security criteria that states would have to meet to have their driver's licenses accepted as identification to board a commercial flight or enter federal facilities.”
“a writer's first duty is to be clear. Clarity is an excellent virtue. Like all virtues it can be pursued at ruinous cost. Paid, so far as I am concerned, joyfully.”
“The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion of small encroachments, the scorn and derision of those who have no patience with general principles.”
“The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.”

Source : "Voice of the Maghreb". Interview with Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. May 5, 2006.
“You have to dream big, wish hard and chase after your goals, because no one is going to do it for you.”
“It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.”

Source : "U.S. Olympic trials: Q&A with legacy athlete Gail Devers". Interview with Paul Buker, www.oregonlive.com. June 23, 2012.
“Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed.”

You may also like:

Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Economist
Joseph A. Schumpeter
Economist
Llewellyn Rockwell
Author
Ludwig von Mises
Philosopher
Milton Friedman
Economist
Murray Rothbard
Economist
Ronald Coase
Economist
Thomas DiLorenzo
Professor
Robert P. Murphy
Economist