All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals.


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RON JOHNSON
I think now that I'm in the autumn of my life, and I'm getting a chance of having an overvie...
RON PERLMAN
I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose ...
RON WHITE
Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don't think he is not ...
RON LIVINGSTON
It is unclear exactly how many law enforcement agencies are currently using this capability, but it ...
RON WYDEN
No one among us suffers the radical appreciation for coffee that I do. It calls to me, but I have le...
RON CARLSON
I don't think that a mutual fund that invests exclusively in biotech start-ups or invests exclus...
RON CHERNOW
Whether you are just entering the workforce or nearing retirement age, planning for the future is cr...
RON LEWIS
Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can ...
RON JAWORSKI
I'm honored to have the support of Attorney General Bondi. She has been a champion for constitut...
RON DESANTIS
Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money wo...
RON CHERNOW
There is technique to it-he is just standing there flexing his arm, and I am standing there making f...
RON LIVINGSTON
The practice of passing bills to find out what is in them represents a Forrest Gump-box of chocolate...
RON DESANTIS
My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
RON WHITE
Feel pity for those with insecurities that rest heavy on their shoulders. They'll take every opportu...
RON BARATONO
You can't make anything idiot proof because idiots are so ingenious.
RON BURNS
When you hear somebody justifying a war by citing the Almighty, I get a little worried, frankly.
RON REAGAN
Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply d...
RON FOURNIER
Close elections tend to break toward the challenger because undecided voters - having held out so lo...
RON FOURNIER
The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intell...
RON JAWORSKI
Most of the scientific community believes that for the full potential of embryonic stem cell researc...
RON KIND
It went from Bob Newhart to Flip Wilson to Bill Cosby to Richard Pryor to George Carlin to Cheech an...
RON WHITE
I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old....
RON WHITE
Got good news and bad news for you, Mr. President. The good news is that Chief Justice John Roberts ...
RON FOURNIER