Stories from Britain and elsewhere confirming the social and economic benefits of keeping politicians and their cronies out of the trade and business of ordinary people.
Riding through Sussex, William Cobbett comes across a large
family relaxing together in front of their charming cottage.
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Liberty and Prosperity
ByJohn TrenchardAndThomas Gibson
There are solid reasons why countries with lower taxes and
less regulation tend to be more prosperous.
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Liberty and the Magistrate
ByJohn TrenchardAndThomas Gibson
The citizen should not dutifully accept government
intrusion as the price of community life.
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By Wager of Battle
FromThe Newgate Calendar
It began to look as if Abraham Thornton might go down for rape
and murder, so his attorneys dug deep into their bag of legal tricks.
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The Wisdom of the People
ByJohn TrenchardAndThomas Gibson
In one of his ‘Cato Letters’, John Trenchard took issue with the
view (popular in Westminster) that the public could not be left to make up their own minds.
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Thank Heaven for Free Speech
ByJohn TrenchardAndThomas Gibson
The authors of the ‘Cato Letters’ recalled how Greek general
Timoleon replied when the people he had saved from oppression turned and bit him.
