--- title: "6 Defense Quotes By Murray Rothbard" description: "6 Defense quotes by Murray Rothbard. Plus more from Murray Rothbard and more Defense sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/murray-rothbard-1563_aggression_i-define-anarchist-society-as-one-where_847646.jpg" --- > [I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/i-define-anarchist-society-as-one-where-there-is-no-legal-possibility/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/murray-rothbard-1563_aggression_i-define-anarchist-society-as-one-where_847646.jpg) > [All of the services commonly thought to require the State-from the coining of money to police protection to the development of law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/all-of-the-services-commonly-thought-to-require-the-state-from-the/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/murray-rothbard-1563_contrary_all-of-the-services-commonly-thought-to_1277801.jpg) > [Harold, the young kids out there are not going to be willing to go to the barricades in defense of lowered transaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/harold-the-young-kids-out-there-are-not-going-to-be-willing-to-go-to/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f07/murray-rothbard-1563_barricades_harold-the-young-kids-out-there-are-not_1450118.jpg) > [There can be no truly moral choice unless that choice is made in freedom; similarly, there can be no really firmly grounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/there-can-be-no-truly-moral-choice-unless-that-choice-is-made-in/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/murray-rothbard-1563_character_there-can-be-no-truly-moral-choice-unles_2470762.jpg) > [An Atlas, whose back is bowed and whose hands are busy holding up the world, has no arms to lift to deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/an-atlas-whose-back-is-bowed-and-whose-hands-are-busy-holding-up-the/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/murray-rothbard-1563_american-life_an-atlas-whose-back-is-bowed-and-whose-h_2669382.jpg) > [There can be no truly moral choice unless that choice is made in freedom; similarly, there can be no really firmly grounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/there-can-be-no-truly-moral-choice-unless-that-choice-is-made-in-2/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/murray-rothbard-1563_choices_there-can-be-no-truly-moral-choice-unles_2758937.jpg) ## Other authors on Defense ## More by Murray Rothbard > [I think one of the most important directions to be pursued in the 'sciences of human action' is to develop a natural-law ethics based…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/i-think-one-of-the-most-important-directions-to-be-pursued-in-the/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [Since the State necessarily lives by the compulsory confiscation of private capital, and since its expansion necessarily involves ever-greater incursions on private individuals and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/since-the-state-necessarily-lives-by-the-compulsory-confiscation-of/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [Falling prices through increased production is a wonderful long-run tendency of untrammeled capitalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/falling-prices-through-increased-production-is-a-wonderful-long-run/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [To deprecate human reason by saying that none of us is or can be omniscient is absurd, for it takes an impossible standard as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/to-deprecate-human-reason-by-saying-that-none-of-us-is-or-can-be/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [Cops must be unleashed, and allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/cops-must-be-unleashed-and-allowed-to-administer-instant-punishment/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [Subjectivism is not an absolute principle; it is a necessary but not sufficient condition for sound methodology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/subjectivism-is-not-an-absolute-principle-it-is-a-necessary-but-not/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [We must therefore turn to history for enlightenment; here we find that none of the proclaimed anarchist groups correspond to the libertarian position, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/we-must-therefore-turn-to-history-for-enlightenment-here-we-find-that/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [John Stuart was the quintessence of soft rather than hardcore, a woolly minded man of mush in striking contrast to his steel-edged father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/john-stuart-was-the-quintessence-of-soft-rather-than-hardcore-a/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [What do intellectuals and opinion makers get from big government? An increasing number of cushy jobs in the bureaucracy, or in the government-subsidized sector,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/what-do-intellectuals-and-opinion-makers-get-from-big-government-an/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [The major reason for Keynes's rejection of communism was simply that he could scarcely identify with the grubby proletariat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/the-major-reason-for-keynes-s-rejection-of-communism-was-simply-that/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [Liberty and morality had to win their way slowly over many centuries, until finally expanding liberty made possible the great technological advance of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/liberty-and-morality-had-to-win-their-way-slowly-over-many-centuries/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [The State has invariably shown a striking talent for the expansion of its powers beyond any limits that might be imposed upon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/the-state-has-invariably-shown-a-striking-talent-for-the-expansion-of/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [Absolute freedom need not be lost as the price we must pay for the advent of civilization; men are born free, and need never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/absolute-freedom-need-not-be-lost-as-the-price-we-must-pay-for-the/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [Absolute freedom need not be lost as the price we must pay for the advent of civilization. Man may achieve liberty and abundance, freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/absolute-freedom-need-not-be-lost-as-the-price-we-must-pay-for-the-2/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) > [The underconsumptionist of 1819 believed that consumption would be stimulated by tariffs, while the underconsumptionist of a later day urged monetary expansion as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/the-underconsumptionist-of-1819-believed-that-consumption-would-be/) [Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defense/murray-rothbard/#itemlist", "name": "6 Defense Quotes By Murray Rothbard", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. 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