Hans-Hermann Hoppe Quotes

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• One-man-one-vote combined with "free entry" into government-democracy--implies that every person and his personal property comes within reach of-and is up for grabs by-everyone else: a… Combined
• Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken… Anything Else
• What is true, just, and beautiful is not determined by popular vote. The masses everywhere are ignorant, short-sighted, motivated by envy, and easy to fool.… Appeal
• If the right to vote were expanded to seven year olds … its policies would most definitely reflect the ‘legitimate concerns’ of children to have… Access
• A government is a compulsory territorial monopolist of ultimate decision-making (jurisdiction) and, implied in this, a compulsory territorial monopolist of taxation. That is, a government… Arbiter
• No, the state is anything but the result of a contract! No one with even just an ounce of common sense would agree to such… Aggressive
• An expropriating property protector (the state, through taxation) is a contradiction in terms Contradiction
• Economic theory has nothing to say as to what commodity will acquire the status of money. Historically, it happened to be gold. But if the… Acquire
• Thanks to the central bank, most ‘monetary experts’ and ‘leading macro-economists’ can, by putting them on the payroll, be turned into government propagandists ‘explaining,’ like… Alchemist
• More paper money cannot make a society richer, of course — it is just more printed paper. Otherwise, why is it that there are still… Bank
• With the socialization of the health care system through institutions such as Medicaid and Medicare and the regulation of the insurance industry (by restricting an… According
• The recently ended twentieth century was characterized by a level of human rights violations unparalleled in all of human history. In his book Death by… All
• The state operates in a legal vacuum. There exists no contract between the state and its citizens. Citizens
• Democracy virtually assures that only bad and dangerous men will ever rise to the top of government. Assures

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