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Richard Epstein Quotes

born 1943 United States

Richard Allen Epstein (born April 17, 1943) is an American legal scholar, law professor, and author.

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Legal intervention costs money; legal intervention opens up new avenues for abuse, including totalitarian excesses by government officials who seek to determine preferences on personal matters.

You just don’t know anything about anything. You’re a journalist. Would you like to compare your résumé to mine?

The problem to which the eminent domain clause is directed is that of political obligation and organization. What are the reasons for the formation of the state? What can the state demand of the individuals citizens whom it both governs and represents?

You know nothing about the subject but are so confident that you’re going to say that I’m a crackpot

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Epstein (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.