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He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon the materialism of the economists.

— Ludwig von Mises



Moreover, insurance companies promote the development of another "security feature." States have not just disarmed their citizens by taking away their weapons, democratic states in particular have also done so in stripping their citizens of the right to exclusion and by promoting instead – through various non-discrimination, affirmative action, and multiculturalist policies – forced integration. In a natural order, the right to exclusion inherent in the very idea of private property is restored to private property owners.

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe



The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.

— Frédéric Bastiat



That government is best which governs not at all.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson



Never has there been a good war or a bad peace.

— Benjamin Franklin



Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

— Albert Einstein



The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

— H.L. Mencken



Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B", "A" is most likely a scoundrel.

— H.L. Mencken



The selection of government rulers by means of popular elections makes it essentially impossible for a harmless or decent person to ever rise to the top. Presidents and prime ministers come into their position as a result of their efficiency as morally uninhibited demagogues. Hence, democracy virtually assures that only dangerous men will rise to the top of government.

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe



The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

— Thomas Jefferson