… is one that I learned of long ago; I am surprised that I’ve not yet featured it here at Cafe Hayek. A favorite of Deirdre McCloskey – who used it today to very good effect in talks that she gave both at the American Enterprise Institute and at the Cato Institute – it’s among the final words spoken by a Leveller, specifically, Richard Rumbold, in 1685 before his execution in Edinburgh:
I am sure that there was no man born marked by God above another; for none comes into this world with a saddle on his back, neither any booted and spurred to ride him.
