Everyone Wants To Live At

The State Tends To Expand In Proportion To Its Means Of Existence And To Live Beyond Its Means, And These Are, In The Last Analysis, Nothing But The Substance Of The People. Woe To The People That Cannot Limit The Sphere Of Action Of The State! Freedom, Private Enterprise, Wealth, Happiness, Independence, Personal Dignity, All Vanish.

When Plunder Becomes A Way Of Life, Men Create For Themselves A Legal System That Authorizes It And A Moral Code That Glorifies It.

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.

It Is Not True That The Legislator Has Absolute Power Over Our Persons And Property. The Existence Of Persons And Property Preceded The Existence Of The Legislator, And His Function Is Only To Guarantee Their Safety.

The Profit Of The One Is The Profit Of The Other.