Rose Wilder Lane Quotes

As novices, we think we're entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people.

people

The real protection of life and property, always and everywhere.

protection life

I somehow always have this idea that as soon as I can get through this work that's piled up ahead of me, I'll really write a beautiful thing. But I never do. I always have the idea that someday, somehow, I'll be living a beautiful life.

life work

That way of life against which my generation rebelled had given us grim courage, fortitude, self-discipline, a sense of individual responsibility, and a capacity for relentless hard work.

discipline life work self selfdiscipline

Men are alive on this earth, only because the imperative human desire is to attack the enemies of human life. -viii

life enemies men

The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government.

force government

It was not seen that woman's place was in the home until she began to go out of it; the statement was a reply to an unspoken challenge, it was attempted resistance to irresistible change.

places challenge change home

The question is whether personal freedom is worth the terrible effort, the never-lifted burden and risks of self-reliance.

effort worth self