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Book cover for Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement
Its eventual goals include the abolition of all drug laws (not just those against currently illegal narcotics and hallucinogens, but an end to prescription laws and the Food and Drug Administration as well), the abolition of the income tax, ...more
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Cal Newport
“To succeed you have to produce the absolute best stuff you’re capable of producing—a task that requires depth.”
Cal Newport, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Hannah Arendt
“It is as though mankind had divided itself between those who believe in human omnipotence (who think that everything is possible if one knows how to organize masses for it) and those for whom powerlessness has become the major experience of their lives. On”
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

Mary Ann Shaffer
“That’s what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you onto another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It’s geometrically progressive—all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.”
Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

C.S. Lewis
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
C.S. Lewis

Pope Francis
“The Church does not exist to condemn people but to bring about an encounter with the visceral love of God’s mercy.”
Pope Francis, The Name of God Is Mercy

810006 We Are Libertarians Book Club — 106 members — last activity Nov 12, 2020 10:41AM
This is the official book club for the We Are Libertarians podcast. Get informed the same way the hosts and researchers do by educating yourself and c ...more
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Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present. Rules (see also the ...more
54863 Small Government Book Fan Club — 715 members — last activity Apr 09, 2026 01:38PM
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212379 Reformed & Libertarian — 12 members — last activity Nov 02, 2017 01:38PM
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