Coercion Quote by Murray Rothbard

Unlike every other person and institution in society, government obtains its revenue from coercion, from taxation.

— Murray Rothbard

“The State obtains its revenue by coercion, by threatening dire penalties should the income not be forthcoming. That coercion is known as “taxation,” although…

— Murray N. Rothbard

While other individuals or institutions obtain their income by production of goods and services and by the peaceful and voluntary sale of these goods…

— Murray Rothbard

It just struck me as obvious that a state has the right to restrict its welfare benefits only to those people who are U.S.…

— Kris Kobach

“The State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial…

— Murray Rothbard

Governmental subsidy systems promote inefficiency in production and efficiency in coercion and subservience, while penalizing efficiency in production and inefficiency in predation.

— Murray Rothbard

I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. Anarchists…

— Murray Rothbard

“Men are moral beings in their untrammelled nature. If constraint and coercion can once be removed they will be happy and if they are…

— Barry Unsworth

Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces…

— Milton Friedman

There’s one thing that’s been 'learned' maybe from Tunisia and Egypt that I think is a mistake. And that is that the existing ruler…

— Gene Sharp

The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all our hearts,…

— Ted Cruz

“Therapy requires a collaborative working relationship in which both partners act on the basis of their implicit confidence in the value and efficacy of…

— Judith Lewis Herman