Richard Allen Epstein Quotes

#1. The protection of private property does more than promote market efficiency; it enhances the level of human freedom in the most intimate and personal parts of our lives.

Richard Allen Epstein

#2. At bottom are only two pure forms of legislation - productive and redistributive.

Richard Allen Epstein

#3. Feminism is the single most powerful social movement of our time, one that addresses every aspect of human and social life.

Richard Allen Epstein

#4. Do not get yourself into the illusion that there is something so unique about the question of organ or body parts ... that the general rules of economics do not apply.

Richard Allen Epstein

#5. One of the great weaknesses of standard libertarian theory is that it tends to push too hard by elevating presumptions into absolutes.

Richard Allen Epstein

#6. The New Deal is inconsistent with the principles of limited government and with the constitutional provisions designed to secure that end.

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#7. If I have a right to a job, education, health care or a house, then I must be able to specify the person or persons who owe me any or all of these things.

Richard Allen Epstein