It Is Not The Business Of The

There Can Be No Truly Moral Choice Unless That Choice Is Made In Freedom; Similarly, There Can Be No Really Firmly Grounded And Consistent Defense Of Freedom Unless That Defense Is Rooted In Moral Principle. In Concentrating On The Ends Of Choice, The Conservative, By Neglecting The Conditions Of Choice, Loses That Very Morality Of Conduct With Which He Is So Concerned. And The Libertarian, By Concentrating Only On The Means, Or Conditions, Of Choice And Ignoring The Ends, Throws Away An Essential Moral Defense Of His Own Position.

Unlike Every Other Person And Institution In Society, Government Obtains Its Revenue From Coercion, From Taxation.

The State Has Typically Been A Device For Producing Affluence For A Few At The Expense Of Many.

The Concept Of Life And Perfection Is Incompatible. But So Is Death And Perfection

In Fact, The Libertarian Would Reason That The Fact That Human Nature Is A Mixture Of Both Good And Evil Provides Its Own Particular Argument In His Favor. For If Man Is Such A Mixture, Then The Best Societal Framework Is Surely One In Which Evil Is Discouraged And The Good Encouraged. The Libertarian Maintains That The Existence Of The State Apparatus Provides A Ready, Swift Channel For The Exercise Of Evil, Since The Rulers Of The State Are Thereby Legitimated And Can Wield Compulsion In Ways That No One Else Is Permitted To Do.