Robert LeFevre: Quotes about men

Robert LeFevre was American libertarian businessman. Explore interesting quotes on men.
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“If men are good, you don’t need government; if men are evil or ambivalent, you don’t dare have one.”

Robert LeFevre

As quoted in Facets of Liberty: A Libertarian Primer, L.K. Samuels, editor, Freeland Press and Rampart Institute, Santa Ana: CA, Chap. 5, p. 70

Men , Evil

“If men were basically good, we would not require government; if men were basically evil, we could not afford to grant any man the power of government.”

Robert LeFevre

Rampart Institute, p. 431
The Fundamental of Liberty (1988)

Men , Evil

“Formal government can be defined as: a group of men who sell retribution to the inhabitants of a limited geographic area at monopolistic prices.”

Robert LeFevre

Rampart Institute, p. 409.
The Fundamental of Liberty (1988)

Men

“Government, when it is examined, turns out to be nothing more nor less than a group of fallible men with the political force to act as though they were infallible.”

Robert LeFevre

"Aggression is Wrong" essay (1963) published by Rampart College.

Men

“If you have a government of good laws and bad men, you will have a bad government. For bad men will not be bound by good laws.”

Robert LeFevre

Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, “Unlimited Government” (Dec. 29, 1961).

Men , Law

“Very few men advocate government control over themselves. But they constantly believe that others must be controlled by some outside force.”

Robert LeFevre

Rampart Institute, p. 432
The Fundamental of Liberty (1988)

Men

“We know that men cannot be compelled to be good. They can only be prevented from being bad—a negative condition. We know from bitter experience that men cannot be forced into doing the wise thing, for such a forcement is foolishness.”

Robert LeFevre

Source: Nature of Man and His Government (1959), p. 81

Men

“The nature of man is such that he tends to believe what he wants to believe. Whether it is true or not usually provides only a brief hesitation. Men believe on the basis of their likes and dislikes. Unfortunately, much of what we believe to be true may be partially true. Absolute truth or absolute falsehood is rare. A total falsehood is easier to detect than a partial falsehood. Even a total truth is totally true only in context.”

Robert LeFevre

Source: A Way to Be Free: The Autobiography of Robert LeFevre, Volume I, (1999), p. 19

Truth , Nature , Men

“Hundreds if not thousands of zealots seeking ever to create universal harmony and understanding, have offered their particular theology as the truth faith. The justification has been that, once men all agree on a particular series of concepts or beliefs, they will stop imposing on one another. To date, this effort has also fallen short.”

Robert LeFevre

Source: A Way to Be Free: The Autobiography of Robert LeFevre, Volume I, (1999), p. 18

Faith , Understanding , Universe , Truth

“If men are capable of committing evil actions, granting them power over others makes evil actions certain. But there is a difference. When men in government commit and evil act, they are legally shielded from their consequences of the act.”

Robert LeFevre

Source: A Way to Be Free: The Autobiography of Robert LeFevre, Volume II, (1999), p. 487

Making love , Evil , Men