The Free Market Monument Foundation

"Farmers provide food, forest guards supply mountain resources, and merchants distribute these goods. The government did not order the collection of the goods. It was done because each person did what he could best and wanted to get what he needed. When the prices are high, that is a sign they will soon become low. Everybody diligently attends to his task and enjoys doing it just as water flows to a lower place. He keeps working days and nights, comes even if he is not called, and supplies goods even if they are not demanded. This stands to reason and is the way it should be. "

-- Ssu-ma Ch’ien (~100 B.C.) Chinese Historian

The Golden Rule

"One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one's own self. "
-- Brihaspati, Mahabharata (Anusasana Parva, Section CXIII, Verse 8) [Hindu Teaching ~3200 BC]

"That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. "
-- Talmud, Shabbat 31a, the "Great Principle"

"Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself. "
-- Confucius ~500 BC Chinese Philospher (Analects XV.24)

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. "
-- Jesus ~30 AD [Luke 6:31]

"Deal honestly with others and require honesty in return."
-- The Principles of the Free Market