"If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?"

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Source : Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.37, Cato Institute

Tom G. Palmer

#Individuality Quotes #Born Quotes #Obligation Quotes

“Acting is still fun. It's still not even a career for me. I think the second it becomes a career is when I should stop.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The law always limits every power it gives.”
“What's so good about a heaven where, one of these days, you're going to get your embarrassing old body back?”
“In the desert you become a discoverer. You discover your soul, which had been submerged in vain pursuits, which had been lost in the coils and toils of modern life. You discover your kinship with nature and man, which is evoked by the naturalness and the gentle humanity of the natives of the desert, and you will also discover God.”
“God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.”
“Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.”
“Paint should not be applied thick. It should be like a breath on the surface of a pane of glass.”

Source : Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler (2001). “Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice”, p.32, Univ of California Press
“Power wears out those who don't have it”

Source : "Giulio Andreotti, former Italian prime minister, dies aged 94", www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2013.

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