By Lawrence W. Reed, President of Foundation for Economic Education For Freedom’s Sake is announcing our first in what we hope to be an inspiring series of articles and posts on the men and women who heralded the ideas of liberty and/or survived tyranny and lived to tell their stories for which we may be [...]
Category Archives: Individual Liberty
A Man Who Knew the Value of Liberty
Also posted in Tyranny Tagged Cambodia, Communists, Dr. Haing Ngor, Dr. Lawrence Reed, Foundation for Economic Education, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, Survivor of Tyranny, The Killing Fields Leave a comment
SOCIALISM?…What Now?…Reflect, Assess, Plan and Act!
“Few discoveries are more irritating than those which expose the pedigree of ideas.” – Lord Action As I watch our political “leaders” vote to steal the wealth of our children and grandchildren, as I watch our nation running to embrace the concepts of socialism as a solution for the nation’s economic crisis, I must say [...]
Also posted in Free Markets, Freedom Philosophy, Socialism, Uncategorized Tagged Ayn Rand, Central Planning, F.A Hayek, Freedom, Germany, Leonard Read, liberty, Newsweek Magazine, Socialism, The Road to Serfdom Leave a comment
What Is Law? [Part 2] – Frederic Bastiat
…Thus, since an individual cannot lawfully use force against the person, liberty, or property of another individual, then the common force—for the same reason—cannot lawfully be used to destroy the person, liberty, or property of individuals or groups. [From Part 1] Such a perversion of force would be, in both cases, contrary to our premise. [...]
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Life is a Gift from God – Frederic Bastiat – “The Law”
We hold from God the gift which includes all others. This gift is life – physical, intellectual, and moral life. But life cannot maintain itself alone. The Creator of life has entrusted us with the responsibility of preserving, developing, and perfecting it. In order that we may accomplish this, He has provided us with a [...]
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Inaugural Post – Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the [...]
