The State provides a legal, orderly, systematic ch... -Murray Rothbard

The State provides a legal, orderly, systematic channel for the predation of private property; it renders certain, secure, and relatively 'peaceful' the lifeline of the parasitic caste in society.

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The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it....
Originally, Congress provided in 1793 that all foreign coins circulating in the United States be legal tender. Indeed, foreign coins have been estimat...
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Lacking the direct test of success or failure, the voter tends to turn, not to those politicians whose measures have the best chance of success, but t...
Every man must have freedom, must have the scope to form, test, and act upon his own choices, for any sort of development of his own personality to ta...
The successful entrepreneurs on the free market will be the ones most adept at anticipating future business conditions. Yet, the forecasting can never...
While the seeming independence of the federal judiciary has played a vital part in making its actions virtual Holy Writ for the bulk of the people, it...
Now judicial review, beloved by conservatives, can, of course, fulfill the excellent function of declaring government interventions and tyrannies unco...
All government wars are unjust....

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When we were younger, but still of legal drinking age, it would be things like Goldschlager or peppermint schnapps. Things like that are not something...
I am a firm believer in open justice, and an opponent of closed justice in any normal circumstances. But I am also an opponent of legal purism, and ha...
Without legal aid, and the dedicated lawyers who deliver it, our system of justice would quite simply collapse....
Pride and Prejudice' is set in the early 19th century. At that time, women had the legal status of children. A daughter was the property of her father...
I never wanted to launch legal action, but Cricket Australia simply left me no option. James Sutherland himself said that, to an extent, I had been ma...
Over the last few years, we have seen too many politicians disregard the Constitution as they voted to increase the size and scope of government. I wi...
Being enrolled in a college does not free you from the legal obligation to become domiciled....
Access to our civil courts has been severely restricted by the combination of: the removal of legal aid from some cases based on their type, not their...
To state that lethal force should not be used without a proper legal justification is to state the obvious....
I came in as a legal immigrant. My dad came first. We had to wait about a year....