Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski Quotes

To claim that one can be happy without being free is to prove that one has no idea what happiness means.

The greatest obstacle to liberty is not the existence of evil rulers, but the belief in the existence of good rulers.

To create a free society is not to accomplish the impossible task of convincing all people to abandon aggression, but to accomplish the essential task of convincing enough people to abandon the belief that aggression is ever legitimate.

Entrepreneurship is the use of self-interest in the service of others. Politics is the use of others in the service of self-interest.

The surest way to damage society is to call for a "great man" to lead it. The surest way to improve society is to become a great man to lead oneself and convince others to do likewise.

A foolish environmentalist wants to save nature from the greed of the market by exposing it to the tragedy of the commons. A smart environmentalist wants to save nature from the tragedy of the commons by exposing it to the greed of the market.

It takes a common thug to commit injustice, but it takes an exceptional thug to call it "social justice".

Society is a voluntary scheme of mutual benefit. The state is a compulsory scheme of mutual exploitation.

The goal of libertarianism is not to permit people to be free, but to make them realize that they don't need anyone's permission to be free.