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The Road to Serfdom (Routledge Classics)
1.  The Road to Serfdom (Routledge Classics) by F.A. Hayek
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  "The state cannot "control" the economy without controlling people. "Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem.""
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Economics in One Lesson
2.  Economics in One Lesson by H Hazlitt
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  "The free market will sound cruel and crazy if you misunderstand fundamental economic laws. Government disrupts wealth-creation and impedes moves to an optimal allocation of resources and risk."
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The Law
3.  The Law by Frederick Bastiat
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  "Socialism "is the doctrine based on this triple hypothesis: the total inertness of mankind, the omnipotence of the law, and the infallibility of the legislator.""
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Capitalism and Freedom
4.  Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
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  "The evidence is clear, capitalism means consumer control, competitive ingenuity and voluntary exchange. After the failure of the Keynesian Welfare State, Milton Friedman argues a way forward."
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The Constitution of Liberty
5.  The Constitution of Liberty by F. A. Hayek
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  "The bible of classical liberalism. Liberty is necessary in a world of imperfect knowledge and imperfect men."
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Losing Ground: 10th Anniversry Edition: American Social Policy, 1950-1980
6.  Losing Ground: 10th Anniversry Edition: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 by Charles Murray
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  "How the welfare state has entrenched poverty and shattered society. Divorcing people from the consequences of imprudent behaviour only makes them more devastating for society later on."
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Witness
7.  Witness by Whittaker Chambers
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  "Communism was a criminal enterprise which declared war on the human soul. "Man without mysticism is a monster"."
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Closing of the American Mind
8.  Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
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  "Bloom chronicles the consequences of the West's decaying belief in truth and objective good."
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Natural Right and History (Phoenix Books)
9.  Natural Right and History (Phoenix Books) by Strauss
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  "Right and wrong exist by nature. Moral relativism and historicism reduce to nihilism. Liberal Democracy cannot sustain without deeper values."
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Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
10.  Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig Von Mises
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  "The self-regulating market explained. Individuals act for a purpose, calculating how best to cooperate on the basis of floating price signals. Governments can only distort such arrangements."
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The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation and Social Rigidities
11.  The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation and Social Rigidities by Olson
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  "Over time, interest-groups impose sclerosis on the economy and divert government from the public good. The disease that Thatcherism cured."
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Crisis of the House Divided: Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
12.  Crisis of the House Divided: Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Harry Jaffa
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  "A profound analysis of statesmanship. While Douglas calls for popular sovereignty, Lincoln puts the case for a higher law. Condoning despotism over blacks would soon lead to despotism all around."
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Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America (Penguin Classics)
13.  Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America (Penguin Classics) by Alexis Tocqueville
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  "How a free republic grows from the ground up. An analysis of the sociological conditions promoting liberty. Tocqueville was prophetic in many ways and his warnings are important."
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The Federalist Papers (Classics)
14.  The Federalist Papers (Classics) by Alexander Hamilton
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  "The justification for the constitution of the United States. Human nature is bad enough to make republican government necessary, but good enough to make it possible."
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Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power
15.  Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power by Niall Ferguson
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  "The British Empire spread civilisation, free trade and democracy, bringing stability, liberty and social progress to parts of the world that no other chance of achieving them."
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Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea
16.  Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea by Irving Kristol
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  "A fantastic set of essays attacking the superficial temptations of the bourgeois world, while defending the American idea."
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On Character: Essays by James Q. Wilson (Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought)
17.  On Character: Essays by James Q. Wilson (Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought) by James Q. Wilson
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  "Without the virtues of empathy and self-control, society cannot sustain and people cannot progress."
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What It Means to Be a Libertarian
18.  What It Means to Be a Libertarian by Charles Murray
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  "Why liberty is the best policy. With personal responsibility, progress is unceasing. Without it, society decays."
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Surprise, Security, and the American Experience (Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization & Government)
19.  Surprise, Security, and the American Experience (Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization & Government) by John Lewis Gaddis
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  "There is no hiding from threats and disorder in the modern world. Unilateralism, pre-emption and hegemony are necessary to sustain liberty."
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A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War
20.  A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War by Harry V. Jaffa
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  "The sequal to the House Divided. How Lincoln's path to Gettysburg was the only one strictly consistent with the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence and the rule of law."
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The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror
21.  The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror by Natan Sharansky
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  "As Bush has said: "For decades, free nations tolerated oppression in the Middle East for the sake of stability. In practice, this approach brought little stability, and much oppression.""
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Democratic Realism: An American Foreign Policy For A Unipolar World
22.  Democratic Realism: An American Foreign Policy For A Unipolar World by Charles Krauthammer
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  "A foreign policy for the new century. Support democracy everywhere, lend force when it aligns with out interests. This will vie will isolationism for the hearts of the right."
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Anarchy, State and Utopia
23.  Anarchy, State and Utopia by Robert Nozick
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  ""Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights)." The classic case against forced income redistribution."
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The End of History and the Last Man
24.  The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama
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  "The history of the world is driven by more than people acting to self-interest. Liberal Democracy brings peace and progress because it fulfils man's more holistic nature."
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The Peloponnesian War
25.  The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
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  "The basic lessons of international relations remain the same. Weakness invites agression. Idealism not rooted in national strength is a folly."
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