Leonard E. Read discusses the importance of freedom as a foundation for finding the answers to the problems induced by central planning and "master minding". He suggests: "Freedom has come by accident, the result of desperation rather than a rational prognosis of better things to come". Read also covers the influence of ideas and the human need for freedom as well as constructive methods for the advancement of those ideas.
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Leonard E. Read
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Leonard E. Read was the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education — the first modern libertarian think tank in the United States — and was largely responsible for the revival of the liberal tradition in post–World War II America.
[From Anything That's Peaceful: The Case for the Free Market, 1964] As I sat contemplating the miraculous make-up of an ordinary lead pencil, the thought flashed in mind: I'll bet there isn't a person...
Only if one understands the subjective theory of value may he proceed logically to a belief in private ownership and control of property.
These students of liberty have not yet learned to answer honestly, "I don't know; I never will know; no one will ever know."
