I think one of the most important directions to be pursued in the 'sciences of human action' is to develop a natural-law… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Tied up with his dismissal of natural law is Hayek's continuous, and all-pervasive, attack on reason. Reason is his bete noire, and… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The great fact of individual difference and variability (that is, inequality) is evident from the long record of human experience: hence, the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
This process, this method necessary to man's survival and prosperity upon the earth, has often been derided as unduly or exclusively "materialistic."… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Nature is simply the environment on earth in which man finds himself, and to treat it as a separate being in the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Among intellectuals who consider themselves 'scientific,' the phrase 'the nature of man' is apt to have the effect of a red flag… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
...The very nature of interstate war puts innocent civilians into great jeopardy, especially with modern technology. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The natural tendency of the state is inflation. This statement will shock those accustomed to viewing the state as a committee of… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
It is human nature that when you see something work well, you do more of it. If, in its ceaseless quest for… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Positivism eliminates any kind of natural law principle - for example, that there are economic laws which can be transgressed only at… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The fact that natural-law theorists derive from the very nature of man a fixed structure of law independent of time and place,… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The natural law is, in essence, a profoundly 'radical' ethic, for it holds the existing status quo, which might grossly violate natural… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
In order to continue in office, any government (not simply a 'democratic' government) must have the support of the majority of its… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The natural tendency of government, once in charge of money, is to inflate and to destroy the value of the currency. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Equality is not in the natural order of things, and the crusade to make everyone equal in every respect (except before the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Having examined the nature of fractional reserve and of central banking, and having seen how the questionable blessings of Central Banking were… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
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… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
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… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Falling prices through increased production is a wonderful long-run tendency of untrammeled capitalism. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
To deprecate human reason by saying that none of us is or can be omniscient is absurd, for it takes an impossible standard as… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Cops must be unleashed, and allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Subjectivism is not an absolute principle; it is a necessary but not sufficient condition for sound methodology. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
We must therefore turn to history for enlightenment; here we find that none of the proclaimed anarchist groups correspond to the libertarian position, that… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
John Stuart was the quintessence of soft rather than hardcore, a woolly minded man of mush in striking contrast to his steel-edged father. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
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,… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The major reason for Keynes's rejection of communism was simply that he could scarcely identify with the grubby proletariat. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Liberty and morality had to win their way slowly over many centuries, until finally expanding liberty made possible the great technological advance of the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The State has invariably shown a striking talent for the expansion of its powers beyond any limits that might be imposed upon it. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
