„Die natürliche Tendenz eines Staates ist Inflation“
The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar, Essay auf mises.org http://mises.org/daily/1829
Original engl.: "The natural tendency of the state is inflation."
Geburtstag: 2. März 1926
Todesdatum: 7. Januar 1995
Andere Namen: موری راتبارد
Murray Newton Rothbard war ein US-amerikanischer Ökonom und politischer Philosoph. Er veröffentlichte auch Beiträge im Bereich der Geschichtswissenschaft.
Rothbard war maßgeblicher Vordenker der anarchokapitalistischen Bewegung in den USA und der Libertarian Party. Als Ökonom stand er in der Tradition der Österreichischen Schule. Kulturell war er konservativ eingestellt und wurde als junger Mann durch den Geist der amerikanischen Old Right beeinflusst und wird daher auch zum Paläolibertarismus zugerechnet. Wikipedia
„Die natürliche Tendenz eines Staates ist Inflation“
The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar, Essay auf mises.org http://mises.org/daily/1829
Original engl.: "The natural tendency of the state is inflation."
— Murray Rothbard, buch Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature and Other Essays
Egalitarianism as a revolt against nature, and other essays, Mises Institute, Zweite Auflage, Auburn 2000, ISBN 0-945466-23-4, S. 202, books.google.de http://books.google.de/books?id=WhGCDVK_Kq0C&lpg=PA202&dq=crime
Original engl.: "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."
The Review of Austrian Economics: Volume 8, Number 1. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht/London 1994, S. 54, books.google.com http://books.google.de/books?id=i2M5haidHfEC&pg=RA1-PA54&dq=honeyed
Original engl.: "Behind the honeyed but patently absurd pleas for equality is a ruthless drive for placing themselves at the top of a new hierarchy of power”
— Murray Rothbard, buch What Has Government Done to Our Money?
What Has Government Done To Our Money, Mises Institute, Auburn 1991, ISBN 978-1-61016-142-8, S. 48, books.google.de http://books.google.de/books?id=9jdMS2AxRZQC&pg=PA48&dq=fraudulent
Original engl.: "Inflation, being a fraudulent invasion of property, could not take place on the free market."
— Murray Rothbard, buch For a New Liberty
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto. Mises Institute, Zweite Auflage, Auburn 2006, S. 52, ISBN 0-945466-47-1 books.google.de http://books.google.com/books?id=B65ic_7bfFEC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false
Original engl.: "If a man has the right to self-ownership, to the control of his life, then in the real world he must also have the right to sustain his life by grappling with and transforming resources; he must be able to own the ground and the resources on which he stands and which he must use. In short, to sustain his 'human right'"
— Murray N. Rothbard, buch Power and Market
Power and Market: Government and the Economy, Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2006, p. 256. First published in 1970
"Society Without A State" in The Libertarian Forum (1975) http://www.mises.org/journals/lf/1975/1975_01.pdf.
Kontext: I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. Anarchists oppose the State because it has its very being in such aggression, namely, the expropriation of private property through taxation, the coercive exclusion of other providers of defense service from its territory, and all of the other depredations and coercions that are built upon these twin foci of invasions of individual rights.
„All interstate wars intensify aggression – maximize it“
As quoted in an interview in Reason magazine (February 1973) http://www.antiwar.com/orig/rothbard_on_war.html.
Kontext: All interstate wars intensify aggression – maximize it … some wars are even more unjust than others. In other words, all government wars are unjust, although some governments have less unjust claims…
"Edmund Burke, Anarchist" http://archive.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard11.html, first published as "A Note on Burke’s Vindication of Natural Society" in the Journal of the History of Ideas, 19, 1 (January 1958), p. 114.
Kontext: In 1756 Edmund Burke published his first work: Vindication of Natural Society. Curiously enough it has been almost completely ignored in the current Burke revival. This work contrasts sharply with Burke’s other writings, for it is hardly in keeping with the current image of the Father of the New Conservatism. A less conservative work could hardly be imagined; in fact, Burke’s Vindication was perhaps the first modern expression of rationalistic and individualistic anarchism. … "Anarchism" is an extreme term, but no other can adequately describe Burke’s thesis. Again and again, he emphatically denounces any and all government, and not just specific forms of government. … All government, Burke adds, is founded on one "grand error." It was observed that men sometimes commit violence against one another, and that it is therefore necessary to guard against such violence. As a result, men appoint governors among them. But who is to defend the people against the governors? … The anarchism of Burke’s Vindication is negative, rather than positive. It consists of an attack on the State rather than a positive blueprint of the type of society which Burke would regard as ideal. Consequently, both the communist and the individualist wings of anarchism have drawn sustenance from this work.
"Edmund Burke, Anarchist" http://archive.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard11.html, first published as "A Note on Burke’s Vindication of Natural Society" in the Journal of the History of Ideas, 19, 1 (January 1958), p. 114.
Kontext: In 1756 Edmund Burke published his first work: Vindication of Natural Society. Curiously enough it has been almost completely ignored in the current Burke revival. This work contrasts sharply with Burke’s other writings, for it is hardly in keeping with the current image of the Father of the New Conservatism. A less conservative work could hardly be imagined; in fact, Burke’s Vindication was perhaps the first modern expression of rationalistic and individualistic anarchism. … "Anarchism" is an extreme term, but no other can adequately describe Burke’s thesis. Again and again, he emphatically denounces any and all government, and not just specific forms of government. … All government, Burke adds, is founded on one "grand error." It was observed that men sometimes commit violence against one another, and that it is therefore necessary to guard against such violence. As a result, men appoint governors among them. But who is to defend the people against the governors? … The anarchism of Burke’s Vindication is negative, rather than positive. It consists of an attack on the State rather than a positive blueprint of the type of society which Burke would regard as ideal. Consequently, both the communist and the individualist wings of anarchism have drawn sustenance from this work.
"Edmund Burke, Anarchist" http://archive.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard11.html, first published as "A Note on Burke’s Vindication of Natural Society" in the Journal of the History of Ideas, 19, 1 (January 1958), p. 114.
Kontext: In 1756 Edmund Burke published his first work: Vindication of Natural Society. Curiously enough it has been almost completely ignored in the current Burke revival. This work contrasts sharply with Burke’s other writings, for it is hardly in keeping with the current image of the Father of the New Conservatism. A less conservative work could hardly be imagined; in fact, Burke’s Vindication was perhaps the first modern expression of rationalistic and individualistic anarchism. … "Anarchism" is an extreme term, but no other can adequately describe Burke’s thesis. Again and again, he emphatically denounces any and all government, and not just specific forms of government. … All government, Burke adds, is founded on one "grand error." It was observed that men sometimes commit violence against one another, and that it is therefore necessary to guard against such violence. As a result, men appoint governors among them. But who is to defend the people against the governors? … The anarchism of Burke’s Vindication is negative, rather than positive. It consists of an attack on the State rather than a positive blueprint of the type of society which Burke would regard as ideal. Consequently, both the communist and the individualist wings of anarchism have drawn sustenance from this work.
„It is clearly absurd to limit the term 'education' to a person's formal schooling.“
Quelle: Education, Free & Compulsory
— Murray N. Rothbard, buch What Has Government Done to Our Money?
What Has Government Done to Our Money? (1980)
„Rights may be universal, but their enforcement must be local.“
Two Just Wars: 1776 and 1861 (1994) http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard20.html.
A Cost/Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit : The Luddites Revisited (15 March 2003) http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer39.html.