Economic Quote by Gustave de Molinari

“Either this is logical and true, or else the principles on which economic science is based are invalid.”

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Just as war is the natural consequence of monopoly, peace is the natural consequence of liberty.

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The true remedy for most evils is none other than liberty, unlimited and complete liberty, liberty in every field of human endeavor.

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War has been the necessary and inevitable consequence of the establishment of a monopoly on security.

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What does a tax do? It takes either from the producer or the consumer a more or less sizable portion of the product destined…

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“We have seen that improved agents of destruction advance production by continually enlarging its outlets. The security of civilisation has been assured neither by…

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“Private property is redundant. "Public property" is an oxymoron. All legit property is private. If property isn't private it's stolen.”

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Political economy has disapproved equally of monopoly and communism in the various branches of human activity, wherever it has found them. Is it not…

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Anarchy is no guarantee that some people won't kill, injure, kidnap, defraud, or steal from others. Government is a guarantee that some will.

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