“The truth is, one who seeks to achieve freedom by petitioning those in power to give it to him has already failed, regardless of the response. To beg for the blessing of “authority” is to accept that the choice is… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
“Bizarrely, almost every statist admits that politicians are more dishonest, corrupt, conniving and selfish than most people, but still insists that civilization can exist only if those particularly untrustworthy people are given both the power and the right to forcibly control everyone else. Believers in "government" truly believe that the only thing that can keep them safe from the flaws… — Larken Rose Copy Share
“But who would build the roads if there were no government? You mean to tell me that 300 million people in this country and 7 billion people on the planet would just sit around in their houses and think “Gee, I’d like to go visit Fred, but I can't because there isn’t a flat thing outside for me to drive… — Larken Rose Copy Share
“A cop's JOB is to violently enforce upon the rest of us whatever arbitrary bullshit the political parasites declare to be "law." It is,… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
“Government” itself does no harm, because it is a fictional entity. But the belief in “government” – the notion that some people actually have… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
“I'm not scared of the Maos and the Stalins and the Hitlers. I'm scared of the thousands of millions of people that hallucinate them… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
“If you personally advocate that I be caged if I don't pay for whatever "government" things YOU want, please don't pretend to be tolerant, or non-violent, or enlightened, or compassionate. Don't pretend you believe in "live and let live," and don't pretend you want peace, freedom or harmony. It's a simple truism that the only people in the world who… — Larken Rose Copy Share
“The libertarian philosophy doesn't explain the best way to grow a vegetable garden!" Why do some people talk as if there should be one… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
While the people off fighting foreign tyrants generally get the praise of the American public, those who fight American tyrants mostly just get funny… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
“Property taxes' rank right up there with 'income taxes' in terms of immorality and destructiveness. Where 'income taxes' are simply slavery using different words,… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
“The truth is, one who seeks to achieve freedom by petitioning those in power to give it to him has already failed, regardless of… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
“truly evil people, with all their malice and hatred, pose far less of a threat to mankind than the basically good people who believe… — Larken Rose Copy Share Image
