All Murray Rothbard Quotes
- We must, therefore, emphasize that 'we' are not the government; the government is not 'us.' The government does not in any accurate sense 'represent' the… Accurate
- This process, this method necessary to man's survival and prosperity upon the earth, has often been derided as unduly or exclusively "materialistic." But it should… Activity
- Governmental subsidy systems promote inefficiency in production and efficiency in coercion and subservience, while penalizing efficiency in production and inefficiency in predation. Coercion
- After the Volcker Fund collapsed, I got another grant from the Lilly Endowment to do a history of the U.S., which I worked on from… Assessment
- Subjectivism is not an absolute principle; it is a necessary but not sufficient condition for sound methodology. Absolute
- Restoring prayer ... will scarcely at this date solve the grievous public school problem. Public schools are expensive and massive centers for cultural and ideological… Any
- Unlike the days of the gold standard, it is impossible for the Federal Reserve to go bankrupt; it holds the legal monopoly of counterfeiting (of… Air
- I want to make it clear what I am not saying. I am not saying that fiat money, once established on the ruins of gold,… Clear
- There can be no truly moral choice unless that choice is made in freedom; similarly, there can be no really firmly grounded and consistent defense… Choice
- The man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, ‘Limit yourself’; it… All
- I see no other conceivable strategy for the achievement of liberty than political action. Religious or philosophical conversion of each man and woman is simply… Achievement
- It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy… Absolute
- Libertarians regard the state as the Supreme, the eternal, the best organized aggressor against the persons and property of the mass of the public. All… Aggressor
- If you wish to know how libertarians regard the State and any of its acts, simply think of the State as a criminal band, and… Acts
- It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a… All
- It is clearly absurd to limit the term 'education' to a person's formal schooling. Absurd
- The concept of life and perfection is incompatible. BUT so is death and perfection Concept
- It is curious that people tend to regard government as a quasi-divine, selfless, Santa Claus organization. Government was constructed neither for ability nor for the… Ability
- The General Theory was not truly revolutionary at all but merely old and oft-refuted mercantilist and inflationist fallacies dressed up in shiny new garb, replete… All
- Positivism eliminates any kind of natural law principle - for example, that there are economic laws which can be transgressed only at your peril. With… Ad