- Downloads:
- Talking To Myself_2.pdf
Individual emergence is not and never will be accomplished by imposition. Not one of the tactics effective in destructive programs is useful here; indeed, these out-going, reforming efforts do more harm than good. It is difficult enough for oneself to emerge as a better person; impossible to force such change in another. Emergence is exclusively a self-help project; the change is internal, not external.
No content found
Meet the Author
Leonard E. Read
View Leonard E. Read bio and works
Leonard E. Read was the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education — the first modern libertarian think tank in the United States — and was largely responsible for the revival of the liberal tradition in post–World War II America.
[From Anything That’s Peaceful: The Case for the Free Market, 1964] As I sat contemplating the miraculous make-up of an ordinary lead pencil, the thought flashed in mind: I’ll bet there isn’t a person...
Only if one understands the subjective theory of value may he proceed logically to a belief in private ownership and control of property.
These students of liberty have not yet learned to answer honestly, “I don’t know; I never will know; no one will ever know.”
References
The Foundation for Economic Education, New York, 1970
