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April 28, 2003

So what is it With Liberty? by Tibor R. Machan

Las Vegas, Nevada. At the annual meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education this year, there were about 200 participants and several dozens of meetings, come concurrent, some plenary, but the main question that kept coming up everywhere was roughly the same: Why is it so difficult to get people to realize that individual liberty is all around far better than government regimentation; (Read more...)
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Friday, September 9 - 9:47am

There are people here on SOLO whose every post I read. And there are those whose every article I read and savor. Very few resonate with me as much as those written by Tibor Machan. Perhaps this is because I have read and learned from his earlier works, and so the shorter pieces echo ideas he has stated already.

This one is an oldy and asks some serious questions, of *me* too.

John

Friday, September 9 - 1:25pm

John,

Thank for bringing this one up.

These are some very good questions, Tibor. They deserve a good discussion. Why do people, when faced with the truth, choose the lie?

Hmmmmmm...

I like this little cherry I just picked:

Of course, there is nothing whatsoever decent about people doing the right thing because they are made to do it.

Really nice turn of phrase.

Michael