Ideas

ideas have consequences,

Richard Weaver (Ideas have Consequences, 1948)

Discrimination

It is the essence of intelligence to be able to discriminate, i.e., to make relevant distinctions between and among various facts and principles and alternative courses of action.

Butler Shaffer, Boundaries of Order, 2009

Conduct

though I disapprove of how you conduct your life, as long as you do not violate the property boundaries of others, I shall defend to the death your right to act as you choose

Butler Shaffer, Boundaries of Order, 2009

Ownership Question

Of necessity, this will lead us to a consideration of the questions: do we, in fact, own ourselves, and do we desire to do so?

Butler Shaffer (Boundaries of Order, 2009)

Eager Trespass

We eagerly trespass one another's property interests out of an arrogance that threatens to destroy human society, if not humanity itself.

Butler Shaffer (Boundaries of Order 2009)

Good men and Law

Good men must not obey the laws too well

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Politics, 1844