One of the fatal flaws in the concept of “limited” government is the judiciary. Endowed with the compulsory monopoly of the vital power of deciding disputes, of ultimately deciding who can wield force and how much can be wielded, the government judiciary sits as an unchecked and unlimited tyrant. Pledged to preside over the rule of law, law that
In the wake of the scandal of the NSA, several points need to be highlighted. In the first place, let all attacks cease forevermore on those of us who hold what has been universally smeared as the “conspiracy theory of history”: I. e., on those of us who believe in the laws of cause and effect, who believe that men do not act purposelessly and
This article is excerpted from the first chapter of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto . An audiobook version of this chapter, read by Jeff Riggenbach, including a new introduction, written and read by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., is also available . Introduction After the Revolution Resistance to Liberty Decay From Within Introduction On
In the vast stretches of America, William Penn envisaged a truly Quaker colony, “a Holy experimentthat an example may be set up to the nations.” In his quest for such a charter, Penn was aided by the fact that the Crown had owed his father, Admiral Sir William Penn, the huge sum of 16,000 pounds for loans and back salary. In March 1681 the king
Abolition of the public sector means, of course, that all pieces of land, all land areas, including streets and roads, would be owned privately, by individuals, corporations, cooperatives, or any other voluntary groupings of individuals and capital. The fact that all streets and land areas would be private would by itself solve many of the
[Este ensayo, nunca antes en línea, es de la magistral historia de 4 volúmenes de Rothbard del período colonial de los Estados Unidos, Concebido en Libertad ] En las vastas extensiones de los Estados Unidos, William Penn concibió una verdadera colonia cuáquera «un experimento sagrado () que pueda ser un ejemplo para las naciones». En su búsqueda
La abolición del sector público significa, por supuesto, que todos los terrenos, todas las zonas terrestres, incluidas las calles y carreteras, serían de propiedad privada, de individuos, corporaciones, cooperativas o cualquier otra agrupación voluntaria de individuos y capital. El hecho de que todas las calles y áreas de tierra fueran privadas
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