Quotes by Murray Rothbard
“The State is, and always has been, the great single instrument of coercion, predation, and exploitation.”— Murray Rothbard
“The 'public sector' is a euphemism for the coercive sector of society; it is the area of life in which individuals are not allowed to voluntarily choose their own activities.”— Murray Rothbard
“Libertarianism is the view that each man is the absolute owner of his own life, to use and dispose of as he sees fit.”— Murray Rothbard
“Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has a doctrine been less scrutinized or understood.”— Murray Rothbard
“If a man has the right to self-ownership, to the control of his life, then in the real world he must also have the right to sustain his life by grappling with and transforming resources.”— Murray Rothbard
“Libertarianism holds that the only proper role of violence is to defend person and property against violence, that any use of violence against non-violent persons is itself aggressive, unjust, and criminal.”— Murray Rothbard
“No man or group of men have the right to aggress against the person or property of anyone else.”— Murray Rothbard
“The central bank is an instrument of the state, and its purpose is to finance the state's deficits.”— Murray Rothbard
“The essential nature of the State is that it has a monopoly of coercion and violence in a given territorial area.”— Murray Rothbard
“It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.”— Murray Rothbard