“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
“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
“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