In a laissez-faire society, there could exist no public institution with the power to forcefully protect people from themselves. From other people (criminals), yes. From one's own self, no. — 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… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
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… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
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
