Men can become more moral only through rational persuasion, not through violence, which will, in fact, have the opposite effect. —Murray Rothbard
Tag: Morality
How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi, and Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does not justify these crimes. Legality, alone, cannot be the talisman of moral people. —Walter Williams
It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil. —F.A. Hayek
The most potent anti-authoritarian action is to tell the truth. —Jordan Peterson
If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
There is no moral difference between a sales tax, property tax or income tax. They all take, without consent, what someone created with their freedom and liberty and give it to an entity that has no right to have it. — Anthony Welti
There is nothing virtuous about spending other people’s money without their consent—no matter how well-intentioned the cause. Most of us would never dream of stealing money from a neighbor to give to someone less fortunate. Why then do some people demand that the government do it for them? — Julie Borowski
