Every tax or rate, forcibly taken from an unwilling person, is immoral and oppressive. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes forcibly immoral oppressive
We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do. Auberon Herbert governmentholdman Change image and share on social
The course that will restore to the workmen a father's duties and responsibilities, between which and themselves the state has now stepped, is for them to reject all forced contributions from others, and to do their own work through their own voluntary combinations. Auberon Herbert combinationcontributionduty share on social
How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being? Auberon Herbert actcompulsionelement Change image and share on social
Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons. Thomas Hardy immoralmoralreason Change image and share on social
By any definition, what happened in Bhutan in the years 1989-93 was ethnic cleansing. The Bhutanese government denies this and has refused to repatriate any of those forcibly expelled. Kai Bird bhutanbhutanesecleanse Change image and share on social
Science, already oppressive with its shocking revelations, will perhaps be the ultimate exterminator of our human species - if separate species we be - for its reserve of unguessed horrors could never be borne by mortal brains if loosed upon the world. H. P. Lovecraft bearbrainexterminator share on social