This is a selection of some of the best material in the Online Library of Liberty. They are chapter length extracts and have been formatted as pamphlets for easier distribution. They are also available in epub format.
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| author: John Locke |
The Best of the OLL No. 1: John Locke, “Of Property” (1698) |
2013 |
| author: Vicesimus Knox |
The Best of the OLL No. 2: Vicesimus Knox, “The Prospect of Perpetual and Universal Peace” (1793) |
2013 |
| author: Ludwig von Mises |
The Best of the OLL No. 3: Ludwig von Mises, “The Economics of War” (1949) |
2013 |
| author: Ludwig von Mises |
The Best of the OLL No. 4: Ludwig von Mises, “Liberty and Property” (October, 1958) |
2013 |
| author: John Stuart Mill |
The Best of the OLL No. 5: John Stuart Mill, “Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual” (1859) |
2013 |
| author: David Hume |
The Best of the OLL No. 6: David Hume, “On Government” (1777) |
2013 |
| author: Adam Smith |
The Best of the OLL No. 7: Adam Smith, “On Free Trade” (1776) |
2013 |
| author: Jean Baptiste Say |
The Best of the OLL No. 8: Jean-Baptiste Say, “Of the Right of Property” (1819) |
2013 |
| author: Sir William Blackstone |
The Best of the OLL No. 9: Sir William Blackstone, “Of the Absolute Rights of Individuals” (1766) |
2013 |
| author: James M. Buchanan |
The Best of the OLL No. 10: James M. Buchanan, “The Threat of Leviathan” (1975) |
2013 |
| author: William Graham Sumner |
The Best of the OLL No. 11: William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain” (1898) |
2013 |
| author: Friedrich August von Hayek |
The Best of the OLL No. 12: F.A. Hayek, “The Use of Knowledge in Society” (1945) |
2013 |
| author: Immanuel Kant |
The Best of the OLL No. 13: Immanuel Kant, “The Principles of Political Right” (1791) |
2013 |
| author: Paul Heyne |
The Best of the OLL No. 14: Paul Heyne, “Economics Is a Way of Thinking” (1995) |
2013 |
| author: Leland B. Yeager |
The Best of the OLL No. 16: Leland Yeager, “The Positive Case for Free Trade” (1954) |
2013 |
| author: Milton Friedman |
The Best of the OLL No. 17: Milton Friedman, “Capitalism and Freedom” (1961) |
2013 |
| author: Friedrich August von Hayek |
The Best of the OLL No. 18: Friedrich Hayek, “Kinds of Order in Society” (1964) |
2013 |
| author: Israel M. Kirzner |
The Best of the OLL No. 19: Israel Kirzner, “Entrepreneurial Activity and the General Market Process” (1963) |
2013 |
| author: Jean Baptiste Say |
The Best of the OLL No. 20: Jean-Baptiste Say, “Of the Demand or Market for Products” (1819) |
2013 |
| editor: David M. Hart |
The Best of the OLL No. 21: 52 Quotations about War & Peace (2004-2013) |
2013 |
| author: Herbert Spencer |
The Best of the OLL No. 22: Herbert Spencer, “The Right to Ignore the State” (1851) |
2013 |
| author: Étienne Bonnot, Abbé de Condillac |
The Best of the OLL No. 23: Abbé de Condillac, “On Value and Trade” (1776) |
2013 |
| author: Lysander Spooner |
The Best of the OLL No. 24: Lysander Spooner, “Vices are Not Crimes” (1875) |
2013 |
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The Best of the OLL No. 25: Quotations about Liberty and Power: Property Rights |
2013 |
| author: Lao Tzu |
The Best of the OLL No. 26: Lao Tzu, “The Tao of Governing” (6thC BC) |
2013 |
| author: Israel M. Kirzner |
The Best of the OLL No. 27: Israel Kirzner, “Efficiency, Coordination, and the Market Economy” (1963) |
2013 |
| author: Norman P. Barry |
The Best of the OLL No. 28: Norman Barry, “Hayek’s Theory of Spontaneous Order I: Economic Orders” (1982) |
2013 |
| author: Richard Cobden |
The Best of the OLL No. 30: Richard Cobden, “On the Total and Immediate Repeal of the Corn Laws” (January 1846) |
2013 |
| author: Richard Overton |
The Best of the OLL No. 32: Richard Overton, “An Arrow against all Tryants and Tyrany” (October, 1646) |
2013 |
| author: Mary Wollstonecraft |
The Best of the OLL No. 33: Mary Wollstonecraft, “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” (1792) |
2013 |
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