In War, The Stronger Overcomes

The Politician Attempts To Remedy The Evil By Increasing The Very Thing That Caused The Evil In The First Place: Legal Plunder.

If Every Person Has The Right To Defend - Even By Force - His Person, His Liberty, And His Property, Then It Follows That A Group Of Men Have The Right To Organize And Support A Common Force To Protect These Rights Constantly. Thus, Since An Individual Cannot Lawfully Use Force Against The Person, Liberty, Or Property Of Another Individual, Then The Common Force - For The Same Reason - Cannot Lawfully Be Used To Destroy The Person, Liberty, Or Property Of Individuals Or Groups.

Competition Is Merely The Absence Of Oppression.

Now, Legal Plunder Can Be Committed In An Infinite Number Of Ways. Thus We Have An Infinite Number Of Plans For Organizing It: Tariffs, Protection, Benefits, Subsidies, Encouragements, Progressive Taxation, Public Schools, Guaranteed Jobs, Guaranteed Profits, Minimum Wages, A Right To Relief, A Right To The Tools Of Labor, Free Credit, And So On, And So On.

If Everyone Enjoyed The Unrestricted Use Of His Faculties And The Free Disposition Of The Fruits Of His Labor, Social Progress Would Be Ceaseless, Uninterrupted, And Unfailing.