Universal Quotes by Murray Rothbard

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

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

Falling prices through increased production is a wonderful long-run tendency of untrammeled capitalism.

— Murray Rothbard

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

Cops must be unleashed, and allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error.

— Murray Rothbard

Subjectivism is not an absolute principle; it is a necessary but not sufficient condition for sound methodology.

— Murray Rothbard

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

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

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

The major reason for Keynes's rejection of communism was simply that he could scarcely identify with the grubby proletariat.

— Murray Rothbard

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

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