Is Not Liberty The Destruction Of All

Society Is Composed Of Men, And Every Man Is A Free Agent. Since Man Is Free, He Can Choose; Since He Can Choose, He Can Err; Since He Can Err, He Can Suffer. I Go Further: He Must Err And He Must Suffer; For His Starting Point Is Ignorance, And In His Ignorance He Sees Before Him An Infinite Number Of Unknown Roads, All Of Which Save One Lead To Error.

It Is Easy To Understand Why The Law Is Used By The Legislator To Destroy In Varying Degrees Among The Rest Of The People, Their Personal Independence By Slavery, Their Liberty By Oppression, And Their Property By Plunder. This Is Done For The Benefit Of The Person Who Makes The Law, And In Proportion To The Power That He Holds.

Finally, Is Not Liberty The Restricting Of The Law Only To Its Rational Sphere Of Organizing The Right Of The Individual To Lawful Self-defense; Of Punishing Injustice?

They Will Come To Learn In The End, At Their Own Expense, That It Is Better To Endure Competition For Rich Customers Than To Be Invested With Monopoly Over Impoverished Customers.

Trade Barriers Constitute Isolation; Isolation Gives Rise To Hatred, Hatred To War, And War To Invasion.