Tag: Bureaucracy

1164: Tom Woods – State Monopoly of Power

W1164: Tom Woods - State Monopoly of Power
If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions' authors (James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, respectively), it will continue to grow - regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power. —Tom Woods
If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions' authors (James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, respectively), it will continue to grow - regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power. —Tom WoodsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 7.64MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 323KB
If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions' authors (James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, respectively), it will continue to grow - regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power. —Tom WoodsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 8.26MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 379KB

If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions’ authors (James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, respectively), it will continue to grow – regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power. —Tom Woods

1163: Tom Woods – The Delusion of Keynesians

W1163: Tom Woods - The Delusion of Keynesians
Keynesians think that you can take water from the deep end of the swimming, pump it into the shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow the water level of the swimming pool will rise. —Tom Woods
Keynesians think that you can take water from the deep end of the swimming, pump it into the shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow the water level of the swimming pool will rise. —Tom WoodsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.14MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 209KB
Keynesians think that you can take water from the deep end of the swimming, pump it into the shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow the water level of the swimming pool will rise. —Tom WoodsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.16MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 290KB

Keynesians think that you can take water from the deep end of the swimming, pump it into the shallow end of the swimming pool and somehow the water level of the swimming pool will rise. —Tom Woods

1162: Tom Woods – The Stupid Party and The Evil Party

W1162: Tom Woods - The Stupid Party and The Evil Party
There are only two (major) parties today: The Stupid Party and The Evil Party. Once in a while the two parties get together to do something that is both stupid and evil, and that's called Bipartisanship. —Tom Woods
There are only two (major) parties today: The Stupid Party and The Evil Party. Once in a while the two parties get together to do something that is both stupid and evil, and that's called Bipartisanship. —Tom WoodsDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 6.72MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 287KB
There are only two (major) parties today: The Stupid Party and The Evil Party. Once in a while the two parties get together to do something that is both stupid and evil, and that's called Bipartisanship. —Tom WoodsDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 9.00MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 361KB

There are only two (major) parties today: The Stupid Party and The Evil Party. Once in a while the two parties get together to do something that is both stupid and evil, and that’s called Bipartisanship. —Tom Woods

1156: Frederic Bastiat – The State Lives at the Expense of Everyone

W1156: Frederic Bastiat - The State Lives at the Expense of Everyone
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the State. They forget that the State lives at the expense of everyone. —Frederic Bastiat
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the State. They forget that the State lives at the expense of everyone. —Frederic BastiatDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.32MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 188KB
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the State. They forget that the State lives at the expense of everyone. —Frederic BastiatDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.38MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 235KB

Everyone wants to live at the expense of the State. They forget that the State lives at the expense of everyone. —Frederic Bastiat

1154: Ayn Rand – When the Law No Longer Protects You

W1154: Ayn Rand - When the Law No Longer Protects You
When the Law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you, you know your nation is doomed. —Ayn Rand
When the Law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you, you know your nation is doomed. —Ayn RandDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.22MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 172KB
When the Law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you, you know your nation is doomed. —Ayn RandDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 7.27MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 209KB

When the Law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you, you know your nation is doomed. —Ayn Rand

1150: Kerry McDonald – Schools are Based on Obedience & Conformity

W1150: Kerry McDonald - Schools are Based on Obedience & Conformity
School socialization is based on an expectation of obedience, compliance, and conformity. It was about rule following. Learning was secondary. Exuberance was a liability. —Kerry McDonald (Author: Unschooled)
School socialization is based on an expectation of obedience, compliance, and conformity. It was about rule following. Learning was secondary. Exuberance was a liability. —Kerry McDonald (Author: Unschooled)Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 6.97MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 243KB
School socialization is based on an expectation of obedience, compliance, and conformity. It was about rule following. Learning was secondary. Exuberance was a liability. —Kerry McDonald (Author: Unschooled)Download Print Quality (3840×2744) 9.32MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 299KB

School socialization is based on an expectation of obedience, compliance, and conformity. It was about rule following. Learning was secondary. Exuberance was a liability. —Kerry McDonald (Author: Unschooled)

1147: Don’t Compromise with the Corrupt

W1147: Don't Compromise with the Corrupt
There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.
There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.Download Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.27MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 242KB
There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.Download Print Quality (3072×3840) 8.41MB  |  Normal Quality (1536×1920) 435KB
There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.

1109: David Nolan – LP Founder on the Libertarian Party

F1110: David Nolan - LP Founder (short version)
We have unfortunately created a little class of mini bureaucrats who are more concerned with keeping their jobs and perpetuating the institution as an institution and raising money than they are with spreading the message. When we started out our goal was to spread the word, it was sort of evangelical, to spread the word of liberty out to the world at large and we had people like Murray Rothbard and John Hospers and many other distinguished thinkers of that era involved in the party. Now we’re down to the level of people who are I think for the most part well intended, but when compared to those men are several orders down the intellectual scale and they are absorbed with minutia they are concerned with budgets, they are afraid to say anything that might scare people, that might keep people from voting for us. So it’s become a very timid organization in the past 6 or 8 years. —David Nolan
We have unfortunately created a little class of mini bureaucrats who are more concerned with keeping their jobs and perpetuating the institution as an institution and raising money than they are with spreading the message. When we started out our goal was to spread the word, it was sort of evangelical, to spread the word of liberty out to the world at large and we had people like Murray Rothbard and John Hospers and many other distinguished thinkers of that era involved in the party. Now we’re down to the level of people who are I think for the most part well intended, but when compared to those men are several orders down the intellectual scale and they are absorbed with minutia they are concerned with budgets, they are afraid to say anything that might scare people, that might keep people from voting for us. So it’s become a very timid organization in the past 6 or 8 years. —David NolanDownload Print Quality (5426×7680) 411KB  |  Normal Quality (2713×3840) 199KB
We have unfortunately created a little class of mini bureaucrats who are more concerned with keeping their jobs and perpetuating the institution as an institution and raising money than they are with spreading the message. When we started out our goal was to spread the word, it was sort of evangelical, to spread the word of liberty out to the world at large and we had people like Murray Rothbard and John Hospers and many other distinguished thinkers of that era involved in the party. Now we’re down to the level of people who are I think for the most part well intended, but when compared to those men are several orders down the intellectual scale and they are absorbed with minutia they are concerned with budgets, they are afraid to say anything that might scare people, that might keep people from voting for us. So it’s become a very timid organization in the past 6 or 8 years. —David Nolan

1094: Murray Rothbard – There are No Utilitarian Revolutionaries

F1094: Murray Rothbard - No Utilitarian Revolutionaries
It is rare to find a utilitarian who is also radical, who burns for immediate abolition of evil and coercion. Utilitarians, with their devotion to expediency, almost inevitably oppose any sort of upsetting or radical change. Hence, utilitarians are never immediate abolitionists. They became mere gradualist reformers. But in becoming reformers, they also put themselves inevitably into the position of advisers and efficiency experts to the State. In other words, they inevitably came to abandon libertarian principle as well as a principled libertarian strategy. The utilitarians wound up as apologists for the existing order, for the status quo. Thus, they wound up as the image of the thing they had fought. —Murray Rothbard (For a New Liberty)
It is rare to find a utilitarian who is also radical, who burns for immediate abolition of evil and coercion. Utilitarians, with their devotion to expediency, almost inevitably oppose any sort of upsetting or radical change. Hence, utilitarians are never immediate abolitionists. They became mere gradualist reformers. But in becoming reformers, they also put themselves inevitably into the position of advisers and efficiency experts to the State. In other words, they inevitably came to abandon libertarian principle as well as a principled libertarian strategy. The utilitarians wound up as apologists for the existing order, for the status quo. Thus, they wound up as the image of the thing they had fought. —Murray Rothbard (For a New Liberty)Download Print Quality (5760×7680) 376KB  |  Normal Quality (2880×3840) 169KB