William Graham Sumner Quotes About Liberty

Quotes about: Liberty

• Civil liberty is the status of the man who is guaranteed by law and civil institutions the exclusive employment of all his own powers for his own welfare.

  William Graham Sumner

  Men, Law, Liberty

  William Graham Sumner (2007). “The Forgotten Man and Other Essays”, p.472, Cosimo, Inc.

• If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

  William Graham Sumner

  Running, Country, Humorous

• We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

  William Graham Sumner

  Sacrifice, Effort, Liberty

  William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.15, Ludwig von Mises Institute

• Here we are, then, once more back at the old doctrine - Laissez faire. Let us translate it into blunt English, and it will read, Mind your own business. It is nothing but the doctrine of liberty. Let every man be happy in his own way.

  William Graham Sumner

  Men, Mind Your Own Business, Liberty

  William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.104, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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