All Murray Rothbard Quotes
- No one may threaten or commit violence ('aggress') against another man's person or property. Violence may be employed only against the man who commits such… Aggress
- If a man has the right to self-ownership, to the control of his life, then in the real world he must also have the right… Able
- I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. Aggression
- The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress. Been
- All of the services commonly thought to require the State-from the coining of money to police protection to the development of law in defense of… All
- An Atlas, whose back is bowed and whose hands are busy holding up the world, has no arms to lift to deal with his own… American
- The freedom to speak is meaningless without the corollary freedom to keep silent. Corollary
- Minimum wage laws tragically generate unemployment, especially among the poorest and least skilled or educated workers... Because a minimum wage, of course, does not guarantee… Among
- Who wants good people in government? Good people should be in the private sector. Helping us out, helping themselves out in the private sector. We… Doorknob
- We libertarians are not the spokesmen for any ethnic or economic class; we are the spokesmen for all classes, for all of the public; we… All
- Just as no one is morally required to answer a robber truthfully when he asks if there are any valuables in one’s house, so no… Answer
- 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 private… Anti
- Money ... is the nerve center of the economic system. If, therefore, the state is able to gain unquestioned control over the unit of all… Able
- The more the government intervenes to delay the market's adjustment, the longer and more grueling the depression will be, and the more difficult will be… Adjustment
- It would be an instructive exercise for the skeptical reader to try to frame a definition of taxation which does not also include theft. Like… Arrested
- The libertarian sees the State as a giant gang of organized criminals, who live off the theft called "taxation" and use the proceeds to kill,… Act
- The State is a gang of thieves writ large - the most immoral, grasping and unscrupulous individuals in any society. Any
- Absolute freedom need not be lost as the price we must pay for the advent of civilization. Man may achieve liberty and abundance, freedom and… Absolute
- Remember that the minimum wage law provides no jobs; it only outlaws them; and outlawed jobs are the inevitable result. Inevitable
- Capitalism is the fullest expression of anarchism and anarchism is the fullest expression of capitalism Anarchism
- The libertarian must never advocate or prefer a gradual, as opposed to an immediate and rapid, approach to his goal. For by doing so, he… Advocate
- True # anarchism will be # capitalism , and true capitalism will be anarchism. Anarchism
- Equality is not in the natural order of things, and the crusade to make everyone equal in every respect (except before the law) is certain… Certain
- If we look at the black record of mass murder, exploitation, and tyranny levied on society by governments over the ages, we need not be… Abandon
- Human life is not some sort of race or game in which each person should start from an identical mark. It is an attempt by… Attempt