Dangerous Quote by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

“Democracy virtually assures that only bad and dangerous men will ever rise to the top of government.”

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“However, not only external expansion of state power is brought about by the ideology of nationalism. War as the natural outgrowth of nationalism is…

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The state operates in a legal vacuum. There exists no contract between the state and its citizens.

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No, the state is anything but the result of a contract! No one with even just an ounce of common sense would agree to…

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“First, with the establishment of a state and territorially defined state borders, “immigration” takes on an entirely new meaning. In a natural order, immigration…

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More paper money cannot make a society richer, of course — it is just more printed paper. Otherwise, why is it that there are…

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“In accordance with his high time preference, he may want to be a vagabond, a drifter, a drunkard, a junkie, a daydreamer, or simply…

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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…

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The state spends much time and effort persuading the public that it is not really what it is and that the consequences of its…

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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,’…

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