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Murray Rothbard quotes

American Economist March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995

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It is curious that people tend to regard government as a quasi-divine, selfless, Santa Claus organization. Government was constructed neither for ability nor for the exercise of loving care; government was built for the use of force and for necessarily demagogic appeals for votes. If individuals do not know their own interests in many cases, they are free to turn to private experts for guidance. It is absurd to say that they will be served better by a coercive, demagogic apparatus. Murray Rothbard
Murray Rothbard quote: "The concept of life and perfection is incompatible. BUT so is..."
The concept of life and perfection is incompatible. BUT so is death and perfection Murray Rothbard
Murray Rothbard quote: "It is clearly absurd to limit the term 'education' to a..."
It is clearly absurd to limit the term 'education' to a person's formal schooling. Murray Rothbard
Murray Rothbard quote: "There is one good thing about Marx: he was not a Keynesian."
There is one good thing about Marx: he was not a Keynesian. Murray Rothbard
It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. Murray Rothbard
Murray Rothbard quote: "The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated..."
The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it. 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
Murray Rothbard quote: "All government wars are unjust."
All government wars are unjust. Murray Rothbard
The General Theory was not truly revolutionary at all but merely old and oft-refuted mercantilist and inflationist fallacies dressed up in shiny new garb, replete with newly constructed and largely incomprehensible jargon. Murray Rothbard

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