Robert A. Heinlein Quotes About Liberty
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Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind the flattery. There comes a time in every man's life when he has to stop being sensible--a time to stand up and be counted--strike a blow for liberty--smite the wicked.' Ummm...' So quit yawning, the time has come.' She glanced down. 'Maybe I had better get dressed.
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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. - Second Amendment to the Constitution An armed society is a polite society.
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Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.
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...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil liberty, subversive of democratic political institutions, and self-defeating in their purpose.
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Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.
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Love your country, but never trust its government.
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
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Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.
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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
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The greatest productive force is human selfishness.
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Liberty is never unalienable, it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.
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I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.
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