A Call for Revolution, 1993 Libertarianism is rejected by the modern left - which preaches individualism but practices collectivism. Capitalism is rejected by the modern right - which preaches enterprise but practices protectionism. The libertarian faith in the mind of… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
I am in total opposition to any institutional power. I favor a world of neighborhoods in which all social organization is voluntary and the ways of life are established in small, consenting groups. These groups could cooperate with other groups as they saw fit. But all cooperation would be on a voluntary basis. As the French anarchist Proudhon said. “Liberty… — Karl Hess Copy Share
It is curious to note that when for reasons of conscience, people refuse to kill, they are often exempted from active military duty. But… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
Vietnam should remind conservatives that whenever you put your faith in big government for any reason, sooner or later you wind up an apologist… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
Government programs aim at getting money for poor people. Our hope was that knowledge would in the long run be more useful, provide more money, and eventually strike at the system-causes of poverty. Government believes that poverty is just a lack of money. We felt, and continue to feel, that poverty is actually a lack of skill, and a lack… — Karl Hess Copy Share
The fundamental question of politics has always been whether there should be politics. — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
Liberty, finally, is not a box into which people are to be forced. Liberty is a space in which people may live. It does… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
A Call for Revolution, 1993 Libertarianism is rejected by the modern left - which preaches individualism but practices collectivism. Capitalism is rejected by the… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
There is no better way to return the matter of taxation to full public discusssion than to repeal the withholding taxes on wages and… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
“It is flawed by one thing: the abstraction of patriotism. People who will damn the government from morning till night, and oppose the State… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence is so lucid were afraid of it today. It scares the hell out of every modern bureaucrat, because it tells… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
