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Conservatives preach family values, integrity, self-ownership, and to never quit.
Palin to step down as governor, not seeking re-election 2009
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He marshaled all his force for the treacherous opening of the Beethoven Fifth, then let the Philharmonic show how really good it was: heroic strings, a young oboist from Alaska to die for, brass with tradition to uphold, a grand timpanist with velvet strokes, and all very much participating in the orchestra's unique self-ownership role.
Laurence Vittes: Have Baton, Will Travel: Classical Music Combine in New Orleans Laurence Vittes 2011
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This isn't about sensationalism - Twisted Metal showcases a fearful totalitarian state and discusses the nature of (human) psychology, self-ownership and free will.
MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 1) 2009
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Actually, the libertarian view is that liberty consists in specific public policies: self-ownership, private property, and free markets - or perhaps to be more precise, liberty consists in the absence of public policies that interfere with self-ownership, private property, and free markets.
Conceived in Tribalism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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He marshaled all his force for the treacherous opening of the Beethoven Fifth, then let the Philharmonic show how really good it was: heroic strings, a young oboist from Alaska to die for, brass with tradition to uphold, a grand timpanist with velvet strokes, and all very much participating in the orchestra's unique self-ownership role.
Laurence Vittes: Have Baton, Will Travel: Classical Music Combine in New Orleans Laurence Vittes 2011
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Indeed, with the concept of self-ownership, a case can be made for regarding essentially all human rights as property rights.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010
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The first would be that each individual person retains the basic human right of self-ownership.
One Manifesto, Two Responses, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Indeed, with the concept of self-ownership, a case can be made for regarding essentially all human rights as property rights.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism 2010
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So much for the idiocy of Rand, and also of John Locke and self-ownership.
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The idea of self-ownership and the nonaggression axiom are the KEY core concepts upon which the entire premise of libertarian philosophy is built.
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