Competition Is Merely The Absence Of Oppression.

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.

What, Then Is Law [government]? It Is The Collective Organization Of The Individual Right To Lawful Defense.

It Is Not True That The Legislator Has Absolute Power Over Our Persons And Property, Since They Pre-exist, And His Work Is Only To Secure Them From Injury. It Is Not True That The Mission Of The Law Is To Regulate Our Consciences, Our Ideas, Our Will, Our Education, Our Sentiments, Our Works, Our Exchanges, Our Gifts, Our Enjoyments. Its Mission Is To Prevent The Rights Of One From Interfering With Those Of Another, In Any One Of These Things.

In War, The Stronger Overcomes The Weaker. In Business, The Stronger Imparts Strength To The Weaker.

Life, Faculties, Production-in Other Words, Individuality, Liberty, Property-this Is Man. And In Spite Of The Cunning Of Artful Political Leaders, These Three Gifts From God Precede All Human Legislation, And Are Superior To It.