The Mind Never Fully Accepts Any Convictions

The Real Cost Of The State Is The Prosperity We Do Not See, The Jobs That Don’t Exist, The Technologies To Which We Do Not Have Access, The Businesses That Do Not Come Into Existence, And The Bright Future That Is Stolen From Us. The State Has Looted Us Just As Surely As A Robber Who Enters Our Home At Night And Steals All That We Love.

There Are People Who Think That Plunder Loses All Its Immorality As Soon As It Becomes Legal. Personally, I Cannot Imagine A More Alarming Situation.

If You Wish To Prosper, Let Your Customer Prosper.

Legal Plunder Can Be Committed In An Infinite Number Of Ways; Hence, There Are An Infinite Number Of Plans For Organizing It: Tariffs, Protection, Bonuses, Subsidies, Incentives, The Progressive Income Tax, Free Education, The Right To Employment, The Right To Profit, The Right To Wages, The Right To Relief, The Right To The Tools Of Production, Interest Free Credit, Etc., Etc. And It The Aggregate Of All These Plans, In Respect To What They Have In Common, Legal Plunder, That Goes Under The Name Of Socialism.

As Proof Of This Statement, Consider This Question: Have The People Ever Been Known To Rise Against The Court Of Appeals, Or Mob A Justice Of The Peace, In Order To Get Higher Wages, Free Credit, Tools Of Production, Favorable Tariffs, Or Government-created Jobs? Everyone Knows Perfectly Well That Such Matters Are Not Within The Jurisdiction Of The Court Of Appeals Or A Justice Of The Peace. And If Government Were Limited To Its Proper Functions, Everyone Would Soon Learn That These Matters Are Not Within The Jurisdiction Of The Law Itself.