“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 free-market thwarts lobbying by taking the power that corporations seek away from government! The only sure way to prevent the rich from buying unfair government influence is to stop allowing government to use physical force against… — Mary J. Ruwart Copy Share
“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
