Zitate von Murray Rothbard

„Es ist kein Verbrechen volkswirtschaftlich ungebildet zu sein, alles in allem ist es ein spezialisiertes Lehrfach und eines, welches die meisten Leute als »schwarze Wissenschaft« ansehen. Aber es ist ganz und gar unverantwortlich eine laute, lärmende Meinung zu ökonomischen Fragen zu haben, während man sich in diesem Zustand der Unwissenheit befindet.“

—  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."

„Hinter dem honigsüßen, aber offenkundig absurden Einstehen für Gleichheit, steckt ein rücksichtsloser Trieb sich selbst (die Elite) an die Spitze einer neuen Machthierarchie zu setzen.“

—  Murray Rothbard

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”

„Inflation, als eine betrügerische Verletzung des Eigentumsrechts, könnte in einem freien Markt nicht stattfinden.“

—  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."

„Wenn ein Mensch das Recht auf Eigentum an sich selbst hat, auf die Lenkung seines Lebens, so muss er in der Realität ein Recht auf Erhalt seines Lebens haben, sich mit seinem Besitz auseinanderzusetzen und ihn umzuwandeln. Er muss in der Lage sein, das Land auf dem er steht und dessen Bodenschätze zu besitzen und benutzen. Kurzum: Erhalt ist ein »Menschenrecht«“

—  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'"

„It is curious that people tend to regard government as a quasi-divine, selfless, Santa Claus organization. Government was constructed neither for ability nor for the exercise of loving care; government was built for the use of force and for necessarily demagogic appeals for votes. If individuals do not know their own interests in many cases, they are free to turn to private experts for guidance. It is absurd to say that they will be served better by a coercive, demagogic apparatus.“

—  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

„No action can be virtuous unless it is freely chosen.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

„To be moral, an act must be free.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

„Libertarianism holds that the only proper role of violence is to defend person and property against violence, that any use of violence that goes beyond such just defense is itself aggressive, unjust, and criminal“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

„I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

"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“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

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…

„A less conservative work could hardly be imagined; in fact, Burke’s Vindication was perhaps the first modern expression of rationalistic and individualistic anarchism.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

"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.

„Consequently, both the communist and the individualist wings of anarchism have drawn sustenance from this work.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

"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.

„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.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

"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.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

Quelle: Education, Free & Compulsory

„Taxation is theft, purely and simply even though it is theft on a grand and colossal scale which no acknowledged criminals could hope to match. It is a compulsory seizure of the property of the State’s inhabitants, or subjects.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

„It is easy to be conspicuously 'compassionate' if others are being forced to pay the cost.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

„Inflation may be defined as any increase in the economy's supply of money not consisting of an increase in the stock of the money metal.“

—  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.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

Two Just Wars: 1776 and 1861 (1994) http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard20.html.

„Harold, the young kids out there are not going to be willing to go to the barricades in defense of lowered transaction costs.“

—  Murray N. Rothbard

A Cost/Benefit Analysis of the Human Spirit : The Luddites Revisited (15 March 2003) http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer39.html.