Richard Allen Epstein Quotes & Sayings

America's greatness is due in no small measure to our system of government, in which power and authority are deliberately divided. The separation of powers is not a mere "technicality." It is the centerpiece of our Constitution. Our freedoms depend upon it in the future, just as they have in the past. — Richard Allen Epstein

Feminism is the single most powerful social movement of our time, one that addresses every aspect of human and social life. — Richard Allen Epstein

One of the great weaknesses of standard libertarian theory is that it tends to push too hard by elevating presumptions into absolutes. — Richard Allen Epstein

At bottom are only two pure forms of legislation - productive and redistributive. — Richard Allen Epstein

When you are young in this world, you believe that the class of deductive truths about social matters is larger than it turns out to be. [ ... ] I have discovered, to my infinite regret, that most of the serious debates over the basic principles of any political order have an irreducible empirical content. — Richard Allen Epstein

The protection of private property does more than promote market efficiency; it enhances the level of human freedom in the most intimate and personal parts of our lives. — Richard Allen Epstein

If I have a right to a job, education, health care or a house, then I must be able to specify the person or persons who owe me any or all of these things. — Richard Allen Epstein

Do not get yourself into the illusion that there is something so unique about the question of organ or body parts ... that the general rules of economics do not apply. — Richard Allen Epstein

The New Deal is inconsistent with the principles of limited government and with the constitutional provisions designed to secure that end. — Richard Allen Epstein