Anarchy | Wisdom and the Philosophy of Freedom

"By no means. I have just given you my serious and well-considered profession of faith. Although a firm friend of order, I am (in the full force of the term) an anarchist. Listen to me." Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

"The costs of government are bound to be much higher than those of the free market. . .The State cannot calculate well and therefore cannot gauge its costs accurately." Murray Rothbard

"True #‎ anarchism will be #‎ capitalism , and true capitalism will be anarchism." Murray Rothbard

"If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism." Thomas Sowell

"Anarchism means all sort of things to different people, but the traditional anarchists' movements assumed that there'd be a highly organized society, just one organized from below with direct participation and so on." Noam Chomsky

"Liberal: a power worshipper without power." George Orwell

"In fact, the libertarian would reason that the fact that human nature is a mixture of both good and evil provides its own particular argument in his favor. For if man is such a mixture, then the best societal framework is surely one in which evil is discouraged and the good encouraged. The libertarian maintains that the existence of the State apparatus provides a ready, swift channel for the exercise of evil, since the rulers of the State are thereby legitimated and can wield compulsion in ways that no one else is permitted to do." Murray Rothbard

"We must therefore turn to history for enlightenment; here we find that none of the proclaimed anarchist groups correspond to the libertarian position, that even the best of them have unrealistic and socialistic elements in their doctrines. Furthermore, we find that all of the current anarchists are irrational collectivists, and therefore at opposite poles from our position. We must therefore conclude that we are not anarchists, and that those who call us anarchists are not on firm etymological ground, and are being completely unhistorical." Murray Rothbard

"Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf." George Orwell

"Once we realize that government doesn't work, we will stop dreaming that this or that social problem can be solved by passing a law - or by creating a new government program - or by electing someone who will make Washington more efficient or cost-conscious." Harry Browne

"Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings." Walter Lippmann

"The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important." Noam Chomsky

"Science is essentially an anarchic enterprise: theoretical anarchism is more humanitarian and more likely to encourage progress than its law-and-order alternatives." Paul Feyerabend

"Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions." Ludwig von Mises