"And, indeed, what is the State anyway but organized banditry?"
Rothbard Quotes
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Murray Rothbard quotes
"The State’s power to control interest rates is the power to distort investment and savings."
"Whenever someone starts talking about 'fair competition' or indeed, about 'fairness' in general, it is time to keep a sharp eye on your wallet."
"The State’s claim to promote economic stability is a pretext for manipulating the economy for political gain."
"The State’s claim to protect workers is a pretext for limiting their freedom to negotiate."
"The market economy is the only system that can allocate resources efficiently without force."
"In short, the early receivers of the new money in this market chain of events gain at the expense of those who receive the money toward the end of the chain."
"Remember that the minimum wage law provides no jobs; it only outlaws them; and outlawed jobs are the inevitable result."
"Libertarianism holds that the only proper role of violence is to defend person and property against violence, that any use of violence that goes beyond such just defense is itself aggressive, unjust, and criminal."
"The State’s claim to provide healthcare is a pretext for controlling individual choices."
"By the 1890s, the leading Wall Street bankers were becoming increasingly disgruntled with their own creation, the National Banking System."
"It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance."
"The General Theory was not truly revolutionary at all but merely old and oft-refuted mercantilist and inflationist fallacies dressed up in shiny new garb."
"The State’s claim to provide justice is undermined by its own violations of individual rights."
"The State’s claim to a monopoly on justice is a claim to a monopoly on injustice."
"The State’s claim to a monopoly on justice is a claim to a monopoly on injustice."
"The free market is the only system that can provide justice without violence."
"Now judicial review, beloved by conservatives, can, of course, fulfill the excellent function of declaring government interventions and tyrannies unconstitutional."
"The natural tendency of the state is inflation."
"The State’s power to control markets is the power to create inefficiencies and shortages."