"The State’s power to tax is the power to destroy."
Rothbard Quotes
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Murray Rothbard quotes
"It is curious that people tend to regard government as a quasi-divine, selfless, Santa Claus organization."
"The greatest danger to the State is independent intellectual criticism."
"War is the health of the State."
"At any rate, the correct version of Gresham's law is simply an application of the theory of price control causing shortages to money, with the two moneys operating side-by-side."
"The State is not 'us,' it is not 'the people,' it is a separate entity with interests of its own."
"The Keynesian prescription for unemployment rests on the persistence of a ‘money illusion’ among workers."
"The State’s monopoly on education ensures the perpetuation of its own ideology."
"The State’s interventions in the economy always favor the few at the expense of the many."
"The State’s power to redistribute wealth is the power to create dependency and inefficiency."
"Inflation, being a fraudulent invasion of property, could not take place on the free market."
"Private philanthropy is the direct expression of the great Christian principle of the brotherhood of man and the Golden Rule."
"The idea of a strictly limited constitutional State was a noble experiment that failed, even under the most favorable and propitious circumstances."
"If a man's free will to adopt ideas and values is inalienable, his freedom of action - his freedom to put these ideas into effect in the world - is not in such a fortunate condition."
"The State’s monopoly on education ensures the perpetuation of its own ideology."
"The market economy is the only system that can provide for the diverse needs of individuals without central planning."
"The State’s power to redistribute wealth is the power to create dependency and inefficiency."
"The free market is the only system that can coordinate the actions of millions without coercion."
"Early economic theory was rooted in the Italian, French, and Spanish traditions, which were subjectivist oriented."
"The free market is the only system that can ensure individual dignity through voluntary action."