Since the State necessarily lives by the compulsory confiscation of private capital, and since its expansion necessarily involves ever-greater incursions on private individuals and private enterprise, we must assert that the state is profoundly and inherently anti-capitalist.


The Anatomy of the State (ed. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 1974) - ISBN: 9781610164948

Murray Rothbard Quotes

Since the State necessarily lives by the compulsory confiscation of private capital, and since its expansion necessarily involves ever-greater...

Since the State necessarily lives by the compulsory confiscation of private capital, and since its expansion necessarily involves ever-greater...

Since the State necessarily lives by the compulsory confiscation of private capital, and since its expansion necessarily involves ever-greater...

Since the State necessarily lives by the compulsory confiscation of private capital, and since its expansion necessarily involves ever-greater...