Every Person Should be Free

First published in 1954. 676 · . . to offer his services or products for sale on his own terms, even if he loses money on the deal. · .. to buy or not to buy any service or product offered for sale, even if the refusal displeases the seller. · . . to disagree with any other per son, even when the majority is on the side of the other person. · .. to study and learn whatever strikes his fancy, as long as it seems to him worth the cost and effort of studying and learning it. · .. to do as he pleases in general, as long as he doesn't infringe the equal right and opportunity ofevery other person to do as he pleases. The above, in a nutshell, is the way of life which the libertarian philos ophy commends. It means no special privilege from government for any one. It is the way of individual lib erty, of the free market, of private property, of government limited to securing these rights equally for all.