Inflation, Being A Fraudulent Invasion Of Property,

Money ... Is The Nerve Center Of The Economic System. If, Therefore, The State Is Able To Gain Unquestioned Control Over The Unit Of All Accounts, The State Will Then Be In A Position To Dominate The Entire Economic System, And The Whole Society.

It Would Be An Instructive Exercise For The Skeptical Reader To Try To Frame A Definition Of Taxation Which Does Not Also Include Theft. Like The Robber, The State Demands Money At The Equivalent Of Gunpoint; If The Taxpayer Refuses To Pay, His Assets Are Seized By Force, And If He Should Resist Such Depredation, He Will Be Arrested Or Shot If He Should Continue To Resist.

Monetary Inflation Not Only Raises Prices And Destroys The Value Of The Currency Unit; It Also Acts As A Giant System Of Expropriation.

If A Man Has The Right To Self-ownership, To The Control Of His Life, Then In The Real World He Must Also Have The Right To Sustain His Life By Grappling With And Transforming Resources; He Must Be Able To Own The Ground And The Resources On Which He Stands And Which He Must Use. In Short, To Sustain His Human Right.

States Have Always Needed Intellectuals To Con The Public Into Believing That Its Rule Is Wise, Good, And Inevitable