Top Statism Quotes

Anarcho-capitalism is not by definition libertarian. It is rather a prediction, not a definition.

I feel ashamed that so many of us cannot imagine a better way to do things than locking children up all day in cells instead of letting them grow up knowing their families, mingling with the world, as...

Statism Definition

(n.) The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.

For anyone who thinks "profit" is evil, I have a challenge for you: try NOT to get any profit in the next week. Profit simply means increasing how much valuable stuff you have, and if you don't profit...

The only idea they have ever manifested as to what is a government of consent, is this--that it is one to which everybody must consent, or be shot.

We (libertarians) find just as many things to rip on the left as we do on the right. People on the far-left and the far-right are the same exact person to us.

The government enforces a monopoly over the production and distribution of its alleged 'services' and brings violence to bear against would-be competitors. In so doing, it reveals the fraud at the hea...

Historical definition of a country's borders... "...here's where my murder geography ends and your murder geography begins, at least until I get more murderers to expand my murder-fest.

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

The disdain of profit is due to ignorance, and to an attitude that we may if we wish admire in the ascetic who has chosen to be content with a small share of the riches of this world, but which, when...

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to sur...

The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.

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

Income inequality has no necessary connection with poverty, the lack of material resources for a decent life, such as adequate food, shelter, and clothing. A society with great income inequality may h...

Just as war is the natural consequence of monopoly, peace is the natural consequence of liberty.

Tribalism is an addiction that is driven by false beliefs that need to be reflected back to be perceived as true.

Think what it implies when you say that a country needs leaders. In your day-to-day life, you interact with all sorts of other individuals. And that's all society is: the collective name for lots of I...

Having a Constitutional political party is a little like telling a car-jacker, "You're not allowed to do what you're doing! And if you don't stop it right now, we are going to ask you to order yoursel...

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

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

The paralysis of potential is essential to the manufacturing of victims.