“Freedom works its wonders simply because the generative capacity of countless millions has no external force standing against its release!”
--Leonard E. Read
(The Founder of the Foundation for Economic Education) http://www.fee.org
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02/14/2009
Leonard E. Read: Quote of The Week
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Posted by: Rosemead Herald | 02/14/2009 at 09:11 PM
except Liberalism ;-D
Posted by: Patrick | 02/15/2009 at 05:34 AM
[this is good] Another excellent quote. Zak, have you heard the talk about the million gun march?
Posted by: Darcy | 02/15/2009 at 08:01 AM
[this is good] Whoa. Zak, using your knowledge of history and political philosophy, wouldn't the statement above be a good example of the definitional core of Liberalism?
Not the liberalism of the Demo party, which is not a liberalism in any historical sense at all - but the Liberalism of western civilization over several hundred years in its move away from church-dominated and class-dominated imperialism.
Does not this statement by Read represent the point of view of all the many millions of people who struggled for many years to get rid of the oppression by the empires in colonial lands? Doesn't it represent the point of view of all the many millions of workers who struggled for many years to get rid of the exploitive and violent oppression by the entitled upper classes?
It sounds very liberal. And liberating. It seems to express the philosophy of liberation - which has been preached by many of the best liberals.
Right?
Posted by: math | 02/15/2009 at 09:40 AM
A million Gun March? Shades of the Old West, wagons ho. Sounds like a revolution is on the horizon - how many busses are available?
Posted by: Trailblazer | 02/15/2009 at 10:01 AM
Very good quotation.
Notwithstanding, true freedom is only found in the regenerating power of Jesus Christ.
When He makes one free, that person is not restricted by any outside circumstances, including human oppression.
Posted by: Jordan | 02/15/2009 at 11:42 AM
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Posted by: Happy Mutant | 02/15/2009 at 12:52 PM
Contrary to the misnomer of Liberal, who call themselves progressives they are regressive.
Posted by: Patrick | 02/15/2009 at 01:05 PM
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Posted by: Lexann | 02/16/2009 at 07:33 AM
[this is good] And contrary to the misnomer that people apply to themselves as conservatives even though they are regressive.
Posted by: math | 02/16/2009 at 09:38 AM