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The man who was once starved may revenge himself upon the world not by stealing just once, or by ste...

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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limi...

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When you consider socialism, do not fool yourself about its nature. Remember that there is no such d...

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There is no difference between the principles, policies and practical results of socialism—and those...

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People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting b...

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And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all...

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We are all feeding from each other, all the time, every day.

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Dave EggersA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies; and this lie slips from its m...

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When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they cre...

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Experience teaches effectually, but brutally. It makes us acquainted with all the effects of an acti...

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The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, ...

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I do not think that illegal plunder, such as theft or swindling — which the penal code defines, anti...

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Monopoly is a market, or part of a market, reserved to the exclusive possession of one or more selle...

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Liberty should be understood as freedom from the government, specifically, freedom from the initiati...

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The man who is not permitted to own is owned.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The greater the bureaucratization of public life, the greater will be the attraction of violence. In...

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Conflict is not unavoidable. However, it is nonsensical to consider the institution of a state as a ...

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A government is a compulsory territorial monopolist of ultimate decision-making (jurisdiction) and, ...

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Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of soc...

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The demoralization that the debase­ment of the currency left in its wake played a major role in brin...

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For every dollar that is spent on the (boondoggle) bridge a dollar will be taken away from taxpayers...

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Henry HazlittEconomics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

They who employ force by proxy are as much responsible for that force as though they employed it the...

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There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than to seize children from their parents, teach ...

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I was reading in the paper today that Congress wants to replace the dollar bill with a coin. They’ve...

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Now because 18 months ago the first dawn, 3 months ago broad daylight but a very few days ago the fu...

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Casy said, "Ol' Tom's house can't be more'n a mile from here. Ain't she over that third rise?"Sure,"...

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It is curious to note that when for reasons of conscience, people refuse to kill, they are often exe...

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The more laws and restrictions there are,The poorer people become....The more rules and regulations,...

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We have got into the habit of admiring colossal bandits, whose opulence is revered by the entire wor...

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Rhetorical bombast, music and song resound, banners wave, flowers and colors serve as symbols, and t...

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Socialism is an alternative to capitalism as potassium cyanide is an alternative to water.

The law-abiding citizen by his labor serves both himself and his fellow man and thereby integrates h...

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If taxation without consent is not robbery, then any band of robbers have only to declare themselves...

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If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his...

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What should I take? Something that will not be missed. In the wood at midnight, a magic flower.

Nobody steals books except kleptomaniacs and university students. In most places you can leave a boo...

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It is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

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Oscar WildeThe Soul of Man Under Socialism

Looters become looted, while time and tide make us mercenaries all.

If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least f...

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The idea that the government has services or goods that they can pass on is a complete farce. Govern...

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It must be remembered that a vast majority of mankind’s history has been spent living under the rule...

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Government should never be able to do anything you can't do. If you can't steal from your neighbor, ...

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No state, no government exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many m...

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Men kill for many reasons, they steal but for one-greed.

He helped the Librarian up. There was a red glow in the ape's eyes. It had tried to steal his books....

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Duntz asked Smith, 'Added up, how much money did you get from the Cutters?' 'Between forty and fifty...

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Hertzfeld recalled that Gates just sat there coolly, looking at Steve in the eye, before hurling bac...

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