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Tom G. Palmer quotes

American Educator

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Tom G. Palmer quote: "Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north..."
Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America. Tom G. Palmer
Tom G. Palmer quote: "It is obvious that different individuals require different..."
It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives. Tom G. Palmer
Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good. Tom G. Palmer
Tom G. Palmer quote: "Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults,..."
Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves. Tom G. Palmer
The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves. Tom G. Palmer
Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded. Tom G. Palmer
Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance. Tom G. Palmer
It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing. Tom G. Palmer
To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice. Tom G. Palmer
But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe. Tom G. Palmer
Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated. Tom G. Palmer
The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does. Tom G. Palmer
Tom G. Palmer quote: "The government has become a mechanism for distributing..."
The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket. Tom G. Palmer
Tom G. Palmer quote: "Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates,..."
Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions. Tom G. Palmer
Tom G. Palmer quote: "Obligations may be universal or particular."
Obligations may be universal or particular. Tom G. Palmer

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