Political Theory

When a merchant borrows 20,000 francs to purchase a house, it is not the 20,000 francs which he owes, but the house. Money only appears for the sake of facilitating the arrangements between the parties."

The eloquence was chiefly the doing of Goldwater's speechwriter and principal adviser during the 1964 campaign, the journalist and political ghostwriter Karl Hess. As Hess tells it, Senator Goldwater really was a genuine classical liberal.

What is necessary from people of all sides is refraining from initiating the use of force, no matter what the goal.

This is a comment on communism in general, on communists in the political establishment, and on Saul of Tarsus.

"The 'two-party system' in the United States now consisted of two conservative parties and no liberal party."

Presented to the Auburn University Libertarians; Auburn, Alabama, on 18 November 2009.

The false belief that unions exercising the threat of strikes upon employers improve the welfare of labor is analyzed thoroughly and the conclusion is obvious.

Mankind must stop tolerating this thing called the state, which presumes the right to force us to do what it wants us to do, rather than what we want to do.

Branden insisted that either JoAnn Rothbard change her views or the marriage be ended.