My Dad reads a lot. I always knew that, but tonight was weird. I was just stumbling across the internet when I came across a list of Libertarian quotes. There were a few that I would have been willing to swear were paraphrased from my Dad. It was weird to hear these words come from a different source. It is fun to follow the chain of influence.

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. – C. S. Lewis

There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws. – Ayn Rand

If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all. – Jacob Hornberger

The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. – Robert A. Heinlein