Private property and free trade stand on exactly the same footing, both being essential and indivisible parts of liberty, both depending upon rights, which no body of men, whether called governments or anything else, can justly take from the individual.
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About Auberon Herbert

Auberon Herbert was a 19th-century British politician. Hon. Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert was an English writer, theorist, philosopher, and 19th century individualist. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination
  • Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power

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