“Through taxation, pacifists are forced at gunpoint to pay for killing machines; vegetarians are forced at gunpoint to subsidize grazing land for cattle; nonsmokers are forced at gunpoint to support both the production of tobacco and the research to counter… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image
“The marketplace has many similarities to nature's rainforest and oceanic ecosystems. Left to their own devices, the marketplace and the earth's ecosystems are self-regulating.… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image
“Aggression hides in our culture under many names. Taxation is only an example, but one of the most widespread and uneconomical. If this concept… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image
“Wealth is created when we use existing resources in new ways. Since such creativity is virtually limitless, wealth is too.” — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image
“As long as government has the power to regulate business, business will control government by funding the candidate that legislates in their favor. A… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image
“Indeed, taxation and other forms of aggression-through-government are so taken for granted in our culture that one of our most popular sayings is that… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image
“Through taxation, pacifists are forced at gunpoint to pay for killing machines; vegetarians are forced at gunpoint to subsidize grazing land for cattle; nonsmokers… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image
“When we consider that resources will one day be mined from planets other than the earth, that matter and energy are totally interchangeable, and… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image
“We defer to authority figures because they are supposed to know more than we do. If a mistake is made, it's easy to lay… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share Image