“Libertarians make no exceptions to the golden rule and provide no moral loophole, no double standard, for government.” EvilPoliticsFreedomLibertyTradeLibertarianSocialismAnarchyFreeFree MarketCoercionStatismVoluntaryismMarketsLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAncapAnarcho CapitalismAustrian School Of Economics Author:Murray N. Rothbard
“Taxation is theft, purely and simply even though it is theft on a grand and colossal scale which no acknowledged criminals could hope to match. It is a compulsory seizure of the property of the State’s inhabitants, or subjects.” GovernmentFreedomLibertyTaxesLibertarianAnarchyStatismVoluntaryismAustrian School Of EconomicsAustrian Economics Author:Murray N. Rothbard
“If the bulk of the public were really convinced of the illegitimacy of the State, if it were convinced that the State is nothing more nor less than a bandit gang writ large, then the State would soon collapse to take on no more status or breadth of existence than another Mafia gang.” FreedomLibertyViolenceLibertarianSocialismAnarchyTaxationGangTheftMafiaCoercionCollectivismStatismVoluntaryismCriminalNon Aggression PrincipleAncapAnarcho CapitalismNap Book:The Ethics of Liberty Source: The Ethics of Liberty
“In particular, the State has arrogated to itself a compulsory monopoly over police and military services, the provision of law, judicial decision-making, the mint and the power to create money, unused land ("the public domain"), streets and highways, rivers and coastal waters, and the means of delivering mail...the State relies on control of the levers of propaganda to persuade its subjects to obey or even exalt their rulers.” GovernmentForceFreedomLibertyViolenceLibertarianSocialismAnarchyTaxationFree MarketGangMonopolyTheftMafiaCollectivismStatismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAncapAnarcho CapitalismAustrian School Of EconomicsNapAustrian Economics Book:The Ethics of Liberty Source: The Ethics of Liberty
“Moreover, in the system of criminal punishment in the libertarian world, the emphasis would never be, as it is now, on "society's" jailing the criminal; the emphasis would necessarily be on compelling the criminal to make restitution to the victim of his crime. The present system, in which the victim is not recompensed but instead has to pay taxes to support the incarceration of his own attacker — would be evident nonsense in a world that focuses on the defense of property rights and therefore on the victim of crime.” FreedomLibertyPrisonLibertarianAnarchyFree SocietyCrime And PunishmentAnarcho CapitalismAustrian School Of EconomicsDispute Resolution Author:Murray N. Rothbard
“While liberals are in favor of any sexual activity engaged in by two consenting adults, when these consenting adults engage in trade or exchange, the liberals step in to harass, cripple, restrict, or prohibit that trade. And yet both the consenting sexual activity and the trade are similar expressions of liberty in action.” GovernmentForceFreedomLibertyViolenceLibertarianSocialismLiberalismAnarchyFree MarketTheftCoercionFree TradeStatismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireInitiationNon Aggression PrincipleAncapAnarcho CapitalismAustrian School Of EconomicsNapAustrian Economics Author:Murray N. Rothbard
“The very term ‘public utility’ … is an absurd one. Every good is useful ‘to the public,’ and almost every good … may be considered ‘necessary.’ Any designation of a few industries as ‘public utilities’ is completely arbitrary and unjustified.” GovernmentForceFreedomLibertyViolenceLibertarianSocialismAnarchyAggressionTaxationTheftMafiaCoercionStateStatismVoluntaryismNon Aggression PrincipleAncapAnarcho CapitalismAustrian School Of EconomicsNapSocialized Author:Murray N. Rothbard
“The movement that I’m in favor of is a movement of libertarians who do not substitute whim for reason. Now some of them do, obviously, and I’m against that. I’m in favor of reason over whim. As far as I’m concerned, and I think the rest of the movement, too, we are anarcho-capitalists. In other words, we believe that capitalism is the fullest expression of anarchism, and anarchism is the fullest expression of capitalism. Not only are they compatible, but you can’t really have one without the other. True anarchism will be capitalism, and true capitalism will be anarchism.” PeaceFreedomLibertyTradeLibertarianCooperationAnarchyFreeFree MarketVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAncapAnarcho CapitalismAustrian School Of EconomicsNap Author:Murray N. Rothbard
“Man has rights because they are natural rights. They are grounded in the nature of man: the individual's capacity for conscious choice, the necessity for him to use his mind and energy to adopt goals and values, to find out about the world, to pursue his ends in order to survive and prosper, his capacity and need to communicate and interact with other human beings and to participate in the division of labor.” HumanityFreedomLibertySocietyEthicsUniversalTradeLibertarianCooperationAnarchyFreeVoluntaryismNatural RightsAncapAnarcho Capitalism Author:Murray N. Rothbard
“L'endoctrinement de la jeunesse dans les écoles était l'un des principaux piliers de ces États esclavagistes. En vérité, la principale différence entre les horreurs du XXème siècle et les despotismes plus anciens est que ces tyrannies modernes ont dû reposer sur un soutien des masses plus direct, et que par conséquent l'alphabétisation obligatoire et l'endoctrinement ont joué un rôle crucial.” FreedomLibertyLibertarianSchoolingFrenchCollectivismIndoctrinationStatismVoluntaryismNon Aggression PrincipleAncapAnarcho CapitalismLibertéAustrian School Of EconomicsGuerrePaixAnarchieLibertarienState SchoolséTatismePrincipe De Non AggressionEducation Nationale Author:Murray N. Rothbard
“Whenever someone starts talking about 'fair competition' or indeed, about 'fairness' in general, it is time to keep a sharp eye on your wallet, for it is about to be picked.” GovernmentFreedomLibertyTradeLibertarianAnarchyRulersThievesTaxationGangTheftMafiaCoercionStatismVoluntaryismLaissez FaireNon Aggression PrincipleAncapFairAnarcho CapitalismAustrian School Of EconomicsProtectionismFree MarketsInterventionism Author:Murray N. Rothbard