While the seeming independence of the federal judiciary has played a vital part in making its actions virtual Holy Writ for the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
I see no other conceivable strategy for the achievement of liberty than political action. Religious or philosophical conversion of each man and… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Fractional reserve banks are sitting ducks and are always subject to contraction. When the banks' state of inherent bankruptcy is discovered, for… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Ultimately, there is no entity called 'government'; there are only people forming themselves into groups called 'governments' and acting in a 'governmental'… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The libertarian sees the State as a giant gang of organized criminals, who live off the theft called "taxation" and use the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Who wants good people in government? Good people should be in the private sector. Helping us out, helping themselves out in the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
In short, the early receivers of the new money in this market chain of events gain at the expense of those who… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
We must, therefore, emphasize that 'we' are not the government; the government is not 'us.' The government does not in any accurate… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
I see a great future for gold and silver coins as the currency people may increasingly turn to when paper currencies begin… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The modern welfare state, highly touted as soaking the rich to subsidize the poor, does no such thing. In fact, soaking the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Famine emerges from a lack of interlocal trade; when one locality's food crop fails, since there is virtually no trade with other… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Governments have persistently tried their best to promote, encourage, and expand the circulation of bank and government paper, and to discourage the… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Now judicial review, beloved by conservatives, can, of course, fulfill the excellent function of declaring government interventions and tyrannies unconstitutional. But it… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
[T]he crucial question is not, as so many believe, whether property rights should be private or governmental, but rather whether the necessarily… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The majority must be persuaded by ideology that their government is good, wise and, at least, inevitable, and certainly better than other… — 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
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