For years now, I have subscribed to a daily dose of Liberty Quotes
No doubt, many of our readers do as well. If not, consider it: each day there are one to three quotes from all sorts of people – the variety may surprise you! Today, there were three, regarding the false idea of “left” versus “right.”

“What, actually, is the difference between communism and fascism?  Both are forms of statism, authoritarianism.  The only difference between Stalin’s communism and Mussolini’s fascism is an insignificant detail in organizational structure.”
— Leonard E. Read, (1898-1983) founder of the Foundation for Economic Education
Source: “Neither Left Nor Right”, Freeman, January/February 2006 • Volume: 56 • Issue: 1

“In principle, there are only two fundamental political viewpoints. That is, two contradictory ends of the ‘political spectrum.’ Those two principles are freedom and slavery.”
— Mark Da Cunha Publisher of Capitalism magazine

“You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man’s age-old dream — the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order — or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, ‘The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.'”
— Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) 40th US President

The outcome of elections, even if the races actually mean anything, will never be properly understood and applied until the people of this nation understand what the real choices are.  Listening to people who go on and on about abortion or taxes or wars or spending or banks or any issue, it is clear that they do not understand or appreciate or care about the greater cause of liberty and whether or not their actions in the voting booth will aid or harm their own and everyone else’s freedom.