Limited government Quote by Robert Higgs

Recipients of transfers set a bad example for others, including their children, other relatives, and friends, who see that one can receive goods, services,…

— Robert Higgs

In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy's mayhem…

— Robert Higgs

“Anarchists did not try to carry out genocide against the Armenians in Turkey; they did not deliberately starve millions of Ukrainians; they did not…

— Robert Higgs

We need to have a modicum of faith in people's common sense, creativity and will to survive and prosper even in the face of…

— Robert Higgs

To continue on the road we Americans have traveled for the past century is ultimately to deliver ourselves completely into the hands of an…

— Robert Higgs

Inflation is not a benign element in the economy's operation. It is, as it has always been, the most dangerous and destructive form of…

— Robert Higgs

Until the 1930s, the Constitution served as a major constraint on federal economic interventionism. The government's powers were understood to be just as the…

— Robert Higgs

No doubt, anarchy, once established, might not last forever. But if your house is on fire, the sensible course of action is to put…

— Robert Higgs

By adopting programs to distribute substantial amounts of income, a nation guarantees that its government will become more powerful and invasive in other ways.

— Robert Higgs

All nonstate threats to life, liberty, and property appear to be relatively petty and therefore can be dealt with. Only states can pose truly…

— Robert Higgs

This is the true lesson of our history: war, preparation for war, and foreign military interventions have served for the most part not to…

— Robert Higgs

Liberty in the United States will never be reestablished so long as elites and masses alike look to the president to perform supernatural feats…

— Robert Higgs