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“ Taxation is involuntary theft by a coercive compulsory monopoly. It is basically this: I put on a uniform, pull out a gun, say give me all your money because I want to use your money for your own good, or to achieve some fantasy equality goal. ”

“ Anarchy only solves one problem...the state (organizations using violence to enforce social norms). Any solutions to the plethora of other human ills would have to come from the same places that all real solutions have come from, reason, empathy, and technological advancement. They are powerful forces, most of human interaction is done without the state. Be creative, think of real solutions, not just "the government will fix it". It'll fix it just like it fixed education, drug use, and poverty. ”

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“ If corporations aren't people, then why is a community considered a person, as if it has its own brain and body. Neither of them are people, and neither of them have rights. The only "rights" that should exist are individual rights that derive from the non-aggression principle. The ideal that societies and corporations have rights is nothing more than an unrealistic statist fairytale that only goes to perpetuate violent monopolies like statism, and it goes to undermine everyone's individual Freedom. Don't let a collective fool you into believing it has rights... only individuals that make up those collectives have rights. ”

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“ [The statist] would also say that the brand on the hide of a cow marks the cow's agreement with the farmers social contract. ”

“ In a fully privatized, free market of education, profit-seeking businessmen would provide quality educational services at prices affordable to millions. And because they would have to meet consumer demand in order to thrive, businessmen would provide a sweeping diversity of services matching actual student needs. For example, observing that many people value the full academic curriculum and want their children to learn the classic three Rs of reading, writing, and arithmetic, entrepreneurial educators would provide such a service effectively and affordably. Likewise, observing that many of these same people want their children later to advance to science, mathematics, literature, and history, educators would provide these services as well, because they could make money doing so. ”

“ Liberty, then, is the sovereignty of the individual, and never shall man know liberty until each and every individual is acknowledged to be the only legitimate sovereign of his or her person, time, and property, each living and acting at his own cost. ”

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“ Organized labor, resting as it does on legalized coercion, is an affront to a free society. No man or woman should be compelled to join or pay dues to a labor organization as a condition of employment. Period. ”

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“ "Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who speak truth to power but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power" -- economist Thomas Sowell, who also wrote, "Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God. ”

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“ As oppressive states have claimed authority over virtually every square inch of the planet, ‘Love it or Leave it’ translates to ‘Submit or Die‘. ”

“ Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the profit of those who make the law, all the plundered classes try somehow to enter -- by peaceful or revolutionary means -- into the making of laws. According to their degree of enlightenment, these plundered classes may propose one of two entirely different purposes when they attempt to attain political power: Either they may wish to stop lawful plunder, or they may wish to share in it. ”

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“ A free man must be able to endure it when his fellow men act and live otherwise than he considers proper. He must free himself from the habit, just as soon as something does not please him, of calling for the police. ”