In the end, what is really needed is a fundamental rethinking of the notion that the state rather than private markets must monopolize the provision of justice and security. This is the fatal conceit. No power granted to the state goes unabused. This power, among all possible powers, might be the most important one to take away from the state.


As quoted in "The Police State Abolishes the Trial", (30 September 2011), Mises Daily, The Ludwig von Mises Institute.

Lew Rockwell Quotes

In the end, what is really needed is a fundamental rethinking of the notion that the state rather than private markets must monopolize the provision...

In the end, what is really needed is a fundamental rethinking of the notion that the state rather than private markets must monopolize the provision...

In the end, what is really needed is a fundamental rethinking of the notion that the state rather than private markets must monopolize the provision...

In the end, what is really needed is a fundamental rethinking of the notion that the state rather than private markets must monopolize the provision...