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“Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.” - Isabel Paterson, The God of the Machine

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“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” - F. A. Hayek, The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism

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“If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life” - Henry David Thoreau, 19th Century American philosopher and author of Walden and Civil Disobedience.

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"It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday it had been announced that the ration was to be REDUCED to twenty grammes a week." - 1984, George Orwell

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"Schools, almost by design, are factories for creating anxiety." - Dr. Peter Gray, Boston College psychology professor

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Robert Nozick, author of "Anarchy, State, and Utopia," was born on this day in 1938. A great opportunity to read his short yet provocative parable, The Tale of the Slave ⬇️ https://t.co/mXbTQQFU5x

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The Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zhou (aka Zhuangzi) is credited with working out one of the most important economic concepts in the world: spontaneous order. https://t.co/XxjDjIul0d

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🖋️ William Blackstone’s "Commentaries on the Laws of England" offers important clues about what Thomas Jefferson meant with the phrase immortalized in the Declaration of Independence. https://t.co/SYzKfCKQ2M

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Ray Bradbury's iconic dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, was published on this day in 1953. It remains as relevant as ever. https://bit.ly/3uZzUkI

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The Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zhou was articulating Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’ two thousand years before 'The Wealth of Nations.' @miltimore79 explains: https://t.co/LRVGrn0A5j