Guns are dangerous, crime and accidents happen, but it’s very important for people to have the ability to defend themselves from corrupt governments. —Yeonmi Park
Tag: American writers
The abolitionist is a “button pusher” who would blister his thumb pushing a button that would abolish the State immediately if such a button existed. But the abolitionist also knows that alas, such a button does not exist and that he will take a bit of the loaf if necessary — while always preferring the whole loaf if he can achieve it. —Murray Rothbard
Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. —Ron Paul
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. —Ron Paul
Should we leave Afghanistan? I think the answer is very clear. And it’s not complicated. Of course we should, as soon as we can. If we don’t, we’ll be there for another decade. —Ron Paul
They expect me to be a victim. Well, I’m not a victim, I’m very grateful. There are two things that I’m grateful for — that I was born in North Korea and that I escaped. —Yeonmi Park
In an interview with Joe Rogan she explains why the mainstream media do not understand her.
The business cycle is brought about, not by any mysterious failings of the free market economy, but quite the opposite: By systematic intervention by government in the market process. Government intervention brings about bank expansion and inflation, and, when the inflation comes to an end, the subsequent depression-adjustment comes into play. —Murray Rothbard
Liberty is a profoundly revolutionary concept and it can only be achieved through the liquidation of the oppressor State. —Murray Rothbard
Taxation is theft, purely and simply, even though it is theft on a grand and colossal scale which no acknowledged criminals could hope to match. It is a compulsory seizure of the property of the State’s inhabitants, or subjects.— Murray Rothbard
It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society. —Murray Rothbard