The Invisible Hook Quotes

“It’s common to associate the ‘goodness’ or ‘badness’ of behaviour with the ‘goodness’ or ‘badness’ of the motivations that drive it. But the nobility or ignobility of individuals’ motivations often bears no relationship, and in some cases even exhibits an inverse relationship, to the nobility or ignobility of the outcomes these motivations create. Sometimes the basest of intentions can produce the best of outcomes.”
― Peter T. Leeson, The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

“cooked alive or forced to eat the severed ears from their own heads”
― Peter T. Leeson, The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates