"The State’s interventions always create unintended consequences that lead to further interventions."
Rothbard Quotes
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Murray Rothbard quotes
"The dollar was defined as 1/20 of a gold ounce, and the pound sterling was, at that time, defined as the name for 1/4 of a gold ounce, simply traded for 5/20 of a gold ounce."
"The State’s claim to act in the public interest is a lie designed to mask its own self-interest."
"The free market is the most efficient allocator of resources."
"Throughout history governments have been chronically short of revenue. The reason should be clear: unlike you and me, governments do not produce useful goods and services that they can sell on the market."
"The natural tendency of government, once in charge of money, is to inflate and to destroy the value of the currency."
"The free market is the only system that can provide true social justice, as it respects individual choices."
"The State is the organization of robbery systematized and writ large."
"Man is born a tabula rasa; he must learn how to choose the ends that are proper for him and the means that he must adopt to attain them."
"The State is nothing more nor less than a bandit gang writ large."
"Inflation, being a fraudulent invasion of property, could not take place on the free market."
"The free market is the only system that can coordinate the actions of millions without coercion."
"The State’s claim to a monopoly on justice is a claim to a monopoly on injustice."
"The State is not 'us,' it is not 'the people,' it is a separate entity with interests of its own."
"It is easy to be conspicuously 'compassionate' if others are being forced to pay the cost."
"The free market is the only system that can balance supply and demand without coercion."
"All government wars are unjust."
"The libertarian sees the State as a giant gang of organized criminals, who live off the theft called 'taxation' and use the proceeds to kill, enslave, and generally push people around."
"The greatest danger to the State is independent intellectual criticism."
"The free market is the only system that can promote sustainable growth without force."