"The recently ended twentieth century was characterized by……" — Hans-Hermann Hoppe
"The recently ended twentieth century was characterized by a level of human rights violations unparalleled in all of human history. In his book Death by Government, Rudolph Rummel estimates some 170 million government-caused deaths in the twentieth century. The historical evidence appears to indicate that, rather than protecting life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of their citizens, governments must be considered the greatest threat to human security."
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14 Quotes by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
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One-man-one-vote combined with "free entry" into government-democracy--implies that every person and his personal property comes within reach of-and is up…
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Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of…
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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…
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If the right to vote were expanded to seven year olds … its policies would most definitely reflect the ‘legitimate…
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A government is a compulsory territorial monopolist of ultimate decision-making (jurisdiction) and, implied in this, a compulsory territorial monopolist of…
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No, the state is anything but the result of a contract! No one with even just an ounce of common…
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An expropriating property protector (the state, through taxation) is a contradiction in terms
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Economic theory has nothing to say as to what commodity will acquire the status of money. Historically, it happened to…
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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…
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More paper money cannot make a society richer, of course — it is just more printed paper. Otherwise, why is…
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With the socialization of the health care system through institutions such as Medicaid and Medicare and the regulation of the…
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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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