Archive for Leonard E. Read
The Lesser of Two Evils
Leonard Read (1898–1983) was the founder and president of FEE beginning in 1946 until his death. September 26 marks the 106th anniversary of his birth. This article first appeared in The Freeman, February 1963.
According to The Columbia Encyclopedia, “the existence of only two major parties, as in most English-speaking countries, presupposes general public agreement on [...]
Glory Be!
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article is excerpted from an essay that originally appeared in the December 1978 issue of The Freeman. It is the twelfth (and last) in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth.
“True glory consists [...]
Regardless of Choice, Vote!
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article is excerpted from Chapter 9 of Mr. Read’s book Anything That’s Peaceful. It is the eleventh in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth.
I have vowed never to support any organization [...]
On Behalf of the Ideal
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article, one of Mr. Read’s Notes from FEE messages, is excerpted from Essays on Liberty, Vol. VII (1960), pp. 332–436. It is the tenth in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth.
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The Essence of Americanism
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. "The Essence of Americanism," first delivered as a speech in 1961, was Mr. Read’s traditional opening address at dozens of FEE seminars.
Someone once said: It isn’t that Christianity has been tried and found wanting; it has been [...]
How to Get Action
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article is excerpted from Essays on Liberty, Vol. III (1958), pp. 102-109. It is the eighth in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth.
I want less talk and more action.”
Thus speak [...]
The Heritage We Owe Our Children
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article, reprinted ftom the September 1976 Notes from FEE, is the seventh in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth.
"But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and [...]
Economics: A Branch of Moral Philosophy
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article, reprinted from the January 1972 issue of The Freeman, is the sixth in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth.
The author of The Wealth of Nations (1776) is frequently classed [...]
On That Day Began Lies
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article, first published in 1949, is excerpted from Essays on Liberty, Vol. I (1952, pp. 231–252). It is the fifth in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth.
From the day when the first [...]
How to Reduce Taxes
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article, excerpted from the July 1960 issue of The Freeman, is the fourth in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth.
The cuneiform signs, as shown above, are copied from a clay cone now [...]
Penalty of Surrender
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article, excerpted from the April 1957 issue of The Freeman, is the third in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth.
A certain business leader, perhaps among the most publicized during the last [...]
Neither Left Nor Right
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article, excerpted from the January 1956 issue of The Freeman, is the second in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth.
Why, you are neither left nor right!”
This observation, following a speech of mine, [...]
White Magic
Editor’s Note:
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of FEE founding president Leonard E. Read (1898–1983), The Freeman will publish a classic Read essay each month under the series heading “Anything That’s Peaceful.”
Leonard Read was born on a farm in Michigan. At 19, his formal education was interrupted by his entry into World War [...]
I, Pencil
Leonard E. Read (1898-1983) founded FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death.
“I, Pencil,” his most famous essay, was first published in the December 1958 issue of The Freeman.
I am a lead pencil—the ordinary wooden pencil familiar to all boys and girls and adults who can read and write.*
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Education for One’s Own Sake
In previous chapters I have tried to demonstrate that government is organized police force and that its function is to keep the peace; that education is a peaceful, creative, productive pursuit of the type disastrously affected by government intervention. Now, were government to step aside in education as it has stepped aside in religion — [...]
1Feb1993 | Leonard E. Read | 0 comments | ContinuedTwo Kinds of Influence
Leonard E. Read established The Foundation for Economic Education in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. He wrote this article in 1954.
Most persons have some notion of their dependence on others. Most of us realize that we cannot by ourselves build the houses in which we live, raise the [...]
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