Tag: Violence

1417: Murray Rothbard – A History of Violence

W1417: Murray Rothbard - A History of Violence
The history of government is the history of violence, of the strong plundering the weak. Wicked tyrants engage in orgies of violence; being rulers they could give free rein to all their desires. —Murray Rothbard
The history of government is the history of violence, of the strong plundering the weak. Wicked tyrants engage in orgies of violence; being rulers they could give free rein to all their desires. —Murray RothbardDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.13MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 232KB
The history of government is the history of violence, of the strong plundering the weak. Wicked tyrants engage in orgies of violence; being rulers they could give free rein to all their desires. —Murray RothbardDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 4.14MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 290KB

The history of government is the history of violence, of the strong plundering the weak. Wicked tyrants engage in orgies of violence; being rulers they could give free rein to all their desires. —Murray Rothbard

1412: Spike Cohen – Like Fish in a Barrel

W1412: Spike Cohen – Like Fish in a Barrel
Government will mandate that your children be left vulnerable like fish in a barrel in their school; hold you down outside while they are murdered, and then blame you for owning a rifle. —Spike Cohen
Government will mandate that your children be left vulnerable like fish in a barrel in their school; hold you down outside while they are murdered, and then blame you for owning a rifle. —Spike CohenDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 7.14MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 211KB
Government will mandate that your children be left vulnerable like fish in a barrel in their school; hold you down outside while they are murdered, and then blame you for owning a rifle. —Spike CohenDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 9.41MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 265KB

Government will mandate that your children be left vulnerable like fish in a barrel in their school; hold you down outside while they are murdered, and then blame you for owning a rifle. —Spike Cohen

1406: Dave Smith – Bold Messaging

W1406: Dave Smith - Bold Messaging
What bold messaging means, from a libertarian perspective, is telling the truth. If there's a libertarian who is telling the truth, there's no way that it isn't bold messaging. We are all radicals. We live under the biggest government in the history of the world. As Martin Luther King once said, “The United States government is the biggest purveyor of violence in the world” —Dave Smith
What bold messaging means, from a libertarian perspective, is telling the truth. If there's a libertarian who is telling the truth, there's no way that it isn't bold messaging. We are all radicals. We live under the biggest government in the history of the world. As Martin Luther King once said, “The United States government is the biggest purveyor of violence in the world” —Dave SmithDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.77MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 239KB
What bold messaging means, from a libertarian perspective, is telling the truth. If there's a libertarian who is telling the truth, there's no way that it isn't bold messaging. We are all radicals. We live under the biggest government in the history of the world. As Martin Luther King once said, “The United States government is the biggest purveyor of violence in the world” —Dave SmithDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.48MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 302KB

What bold messaging means, from a libertarian perspective, is telling the truth. If there’s a libertarian who is telling the truth, there’s no way that it isn’t bold messaging. We are all radicals. We live under the biggest government in the history of the world. As Martin Luther King once said, “The United States government is the biggest purveyor of violence in the world” —Dave Smith

1404: Ayn Rand – Statism is Perpetual Violence

W1404: Ayn Rand - Statism is Perpetual Violence
Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power—to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. When brute force is the only criterion of social conduct, and unresisting surrender to destruction is the only alternative, even the lowest of men, even an animal—even a cornered rat—will fight. There can be no peace within an enslaved nation. —Ayn Rand
Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power—to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. When brute force is the only criterion of social conduct, and unresisting surrender to destruction is the only alternative, even the lowest of men, even an animal—even a cornered rat—will fight. There can be no peace within an enslaved nation. —Ayn RandDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 1.85MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 240KB
Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power—to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. When brute force is the only criterion of social conduct, and unresisting surrender to destruction is the only alternative, even the lowest of men, even an animal—even a cornered rat—will fight. There can be no peace within an enslaved nation. —Ayn RandDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 2.75MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 315KB

Statism is a system of institutionalized violence and perpetual civil war. It leaves men no choice but to fight to seize political power—to rob or be robbed, to kill or be killed. When brute force is the only criterion of social conduct, and unresisting surrender to destruction is the only alternative, even the lowest of men, even an animal—even a cornered rat—will fight. There can be no peace within an enslaved nation. —Ayn Rand

1393: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – Live Not By Lies

F1393: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn – Live Not By Lies
We are approaching the brink; already a universal spiritual demise is upon us; a physical one is about to flare up and engulf us and our children, while we continue to smile sheepishly and babble: “But what can we do to stop it? We haven’t the strength.” We have so hopelessly ceded our humanity that for the modest handouts of today we are ready to surrender up all principles, our soul, all the labors of our ancestors, all the prospects of our descendants—anything to avoid disrupting our meager existence.
We are approaching the brink; already a universal spiritual demise is upon us; a physical one is about to flare up and engulf us and our children, while we continue to smile sheepishly and babble: “But what can we do to stop it? We haven’t the strength.” We have so hopelessly ceded our humanity that for the modest handouts of today we are ready to surrender up all principles, our soul, all the labors of our ancestors, all the prospects of our descendants—anything to avoid disrupting our meager existence.Download Print Quality (6144×7680) 466KB  |  Normal Quality (3072×3840) 238KB

1290: Ludwig von Mises – The Essential Feature of Government

F1290: Ludwig von Mises – The Essential Feature of Government
The funds that a government spends for whatever purposes are levied by taxation. And taxes are paid because the taxpayers are afraid of offering resistance to the tax gatherers. They know that any disobedience or resistance is hopeless. As long as this is the state of affairs, the government is able to collect the money that it wants to spend. Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning. Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom. —Ludwig von Mises
The funds that a government spends for whatever purposes are levied by taxation. And taxes are paid because the taxpayers are afraid of offering resistance to the tax gatherers. They know that any disobedience or resistance is hopeless. As long as this is the state of affairs, the government is able to collect the money that it wants to spend. Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning. Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (5540×7680) 1,004KB  |  Normal Quality (2770×3840) 903KB

1289: Ludwig von Mises – Deification of Government

W1289: Ludwig von Mises – Deification of Government
Government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. […] In face of the modern tendencies toward a deification of government and state, it is good to remind ourselves that the old Romans were more realistic in symbolizing the state by a bundle of rods with an ax in the middle than are our contemporaries in ascribing to the state all the attributes of God. —Ludwig von Mises
Government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. […] In face of the modern tendencies toward a deification of government and state, it is good to remind ourselves that the old Romans were more realistic in symbolizing the state by a bundle of rods with an ax in the middle than are our contemporaries in ascribing to the state all the attributes of God. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 6.88MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 312KB
Government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. […] In face of the modern tendencies toward a deification of government and state, it is good to remind ourselves that the old Romans were more realistic in symbolizing the state by a bundle of rods with an ax in the middle than are our contemporaries in ascribing to the state all the attributes of God. —Ludwig von MisesDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 9.54MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 443KB

Government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. […] In face of the modern tendencies toward a deification of government and state, it is good to remind ourselves that the old Romans were more realistic in symbolizing the state by a bundle of rods with an ax in the middle than are our contemporaries in ascribing to the state all the attributes of God. —Ludwig von Mises

1270: Michael Malice – No-Knock Raids on Peaceful Citizens

W1270: Michael Malice - No-Knock Raids on Peaceful Citizens
Any officer who executes a no-knock raid on peaceful citizens should be treated with complete hatred & contempt by civilized people. —Michael Malice
Any officer who executes a no-knock raid on peaceful citizens should be treated with complete hatred & contempt by civilized people. —Michael MaliceDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 2.89MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 271KB
Any officer who executes a no-knock raid on peaceful citizens should be treated with complete hatred & contempt by civilized people. —Michael MaliceDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 3.67MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 368KB

Any officer who executes a no-knock raid on peaceful citizens should be treated with complete hatred & contempt by civilized people. —Michael Malice

1256: Ron Paul – Rejection of the Initiation of Violence

W1256: Ron Paul - Rejection of the Initiation of Violence
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. —Ron Paul
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. —Ron PaulDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 3.30MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 220KB
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. —Ron PaulDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 4.51MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 304KB

The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. —Ron Paul

1246: Murray Rothbard – Only Through Rational Persuasion, Not Violence

W1246: Murray Rothbard - Only Through Rational Persuasion, Not Violence
Men can become more moral only through rational persuasion, not through violence, which will, in fact, have the opposite effect. —Murray Rothbard
Men can become more moral only through rational persuasion, not through violence, which will, in fact, have the opposite effect. —Murray RothbardDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 7.83MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 204KB
Men can become more moral only through rational persuasion, not through violence, which will, in fact, have the opposite effect. —Murray RothbardDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 10.29MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 266KB

Men can become more moral only through rational persuasion, not through violence, which will, in fact, have the opposite effect. —Murray Rothbard