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← The purpose of law is to preserve and enlarge freedom, and without law there is no freedom

17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 4 Jul 1854 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under public debt public debt Everything filed under government government Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The purpose of law is to preserve and enlarge freedom, and without law there is no freedom The purpose of law is to preserve andenlarge freedom, and without law there isno freedom JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: Laws in every government should restrain people by hope of a desired good rather than by fear — tap to centre the map on it Laws in every government shouldrestrain people by hope of a desiredgood rather than by fear BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1670 — tap for who they are Same subject: Law will never make people free; people have to make the law free — tap to centre the map on it Law will never make people free;people have to make the law free Last stated 172 years ago 4 Jul 1854 HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since 1854-07-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human freedom means obeying natural laws one has recognized oneself, not laws imposed from outside — tap to centre the map on it Human freedom means obeying naturallaws one has recognized oneself, notlaws imposed from outside MB Mikhail Bakunin — holds since c. 1870–1876 — tap for who they are Same subject: Law and morals oppose the cosmic process and tend to suppress the traits that win the struggle for existence — tap to centre the map on it Law and morals oppose the cosmicprocess and tend to suppress thetraits that win the struggle forexistence TH Thomas Henry Huxley — holds since c. 1893–1894 — tap for who they are Same subject: A successful life knows no law — tap to centre the map on it A successful life knows no law HT Henry David Thoreau — holds since c. 1851–1862 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is no meaningful right to make war under the law of nations — tap to centre the map on it There is no meaningful right to makewar under the law of nations IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1795 — tap for who they are Same subject: The state of nature has a law of reason that forbids harming another's life, health, liberty or possessions — tap to centre the map on it The state of nature has a law ofreason that forbids harminganother's life, health, liberty orpossessions JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: Freedom does not include the freedom to give up one's freedom — tap to centre the map on it Freedom does not include the freedomto give up one's freedom JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1859 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are Same subject: A central bank can eliminate a self-fulfilling ('sunspot') debt crisis simply by credibly committing to buy as many bonds as needed at the low interest rate. — tap to centre the map on it A central bank can eliminate aself-fulfilling ('sunspot') debtcrisis simply by credibly committingto buy as many bonds as needed atthe low interest rate. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it Cutting off trade with tariffs wouldforce a huge interest-rate spike andprobably a debt crisis, because thebudget deficit would have to befinanced at home. Last stated 2 years ago 14 Apr 2025 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: During post-2008 fiscal consolidation, the costs of high public debt were overestimated and fiscal multipliers were underestimated, understating the output costs of austerity. — tap to centre the map on it During post-2008 fiscalconsolidation, the costs of highpublic debt were overestimated andfiscal multipliers wereunderestimated, understating theoutput costs of austerity. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A corrupt, partisan majority on the Supreme Court has given Trump a huge amount of untrammeled power. — tap to centre the map on it A corrupt, partisan majority on theSupreme Court has given Trump a hugeamount of untrammeled power. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it A country without cultural unitystruggles to provide public goods,because its politics turns into anethnic spoils system. Last stated 7 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The purpose of law is to preserve and enlarge freedom, and without law there is no freedom Last stated c. 1689–1690 Holds John Locke Read this korrent →