All Murray Rothbard Quotes
- At the base of the Fed pyramid, and therefore of the bank system's creation of "money" in the sense of deposits, is the Fed's power… Air
- Since leaving office in 1977, Dr. Kissinger has continued to play a highly influential role in U.S. politics, in the U.S. media, and in the… Admit
- Kissinger's major, and most lucrative role, has come as head of Kissinger Associates in New York City, founded on a loan obtained in 1982 from… Associates
- To those advocates of independent paper moneys who also champion the free market, I would address this simple question: "Why don't you advocate the unlimited… Address
- [Professional politicians] don't mind if price controls cause shortages of health care. In fact, they welcome the prospect, because then they can impose rationing; they… Besides
- On the free market, everyone earns according to his productive value in satisfying consumer desires. Under statist distribution, everyone earns in proportion to the amount… According
- Briefly, the State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial… Anarchy
- I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. Anarchists oppose… Aggression
- Every man must have freedom, must have the scope to form, test, and act upon his own choices, for any sort of development of his… Act
- Essentially, I mean the almost self-evident fact that individuals, ethnic groups, and races differ among themselves in intelligence and in many other traits, and that… Almost Self
- John Stuart was the quintessence of soft rather than hardcore, a woolly minded man of mush in striking contrast to his steel-edged father. Contrast
- Gold was not selected arbitrarily by governments to be the monetary standard. Gold had developed for many centuries on the free market as the best… Arbitrarily
- Never have the world's moneys been so long cut off from their metallic roots. Been
- I see a great future for gold and silver coins as the currency people may increasingly turn to when paper currencies begin to disintegrate. Begin
- Money is the general medium of exchange. It is the thing for which all other goods are traded, the means of final payment for such… All
- Once one concedes that a single world government is not necessary, then where does one logically stop at the permissibility of separate states? If Canada… Anarchy
- Scratch an egalitarian, and you will inevitably find a statist. Egalitarian
- Capitalism is the fullest expression of anarchism, and anarchism is the fullest expression of capitalism. Not only are they compatible, but you can't really have… Anarchism
- All interstate wars intensify aggression – maximize it … some wars are even more unjust than others. In other words, all government wars are unjust,… Aggression
- The natural tendency of the state is inflation. Inflation
- Behind the honeyed but patently absurd pleas for equality is a ruthless drive for placing themselves (the elites) at the top of a new hierarchy… Absurd
- The more consistently Austrian School an economist is, the better a writer he will be. Austrian
- Cops must be unleashed, and allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error. Administer
- Modern economics is a set of formal models and equations purporting to fully determine human behaviour, at least in the economic realm. And there is… Behaviour
- The greatest danger to the State is independent intellectual criticism. Criticism