“The State is a Gang of Thieves” – Murray Rothbard

„The State is a gang of thieves writ large - the most immoral, grasping and unscrupulous individuals in any society.“

Murray RothbardMurray Rothbard challenges the moral legitimacy of the state and political power in this pointed libertarian quotation.
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Murray Rothbard was an American economist, historian, and political philosopher known for his contributions to libertarian theory and anarcho-capitalism.

A pointed statement from Rothbard’s libertarian critique of the state, fundamentally questioning the moral legitimacy of political power.


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Murray Rothbard quote about the nature and morality of the state

Murray Newton Rothbard (1926–1995) was an American economist, historian, and political philosopher considered one of the leading figures in anarcho-capitalism and the libertarian movement. He was a prominent critic of government intervention in economy and society and authored numerous influential works on free market economics, monetary theory, and political philosophy.

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"The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing." Albert Jay Nock
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Quote on government as a broker in pillage by Henry Louis MenckenCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods." Henry Louis Mencken
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