The Solution Of The Social Problem Is

Men Naturally Rebel Against The Injustice Of Which They Are Victims. Thus, When Plunder Is Organized By Law For The Profit Of Those Who Make The Law, All The Plundered Classes Try Somehow To Enter, By Peaceful Or Revolutionary Means, Into The Making Of Laws. According To Their Degree Of Enlightenment, These Plundered Classes May Propose One Of Two Entirely Different Purposes When They Attempt To Attain Political Power: Either They May Wish To Stop Lawful Plunder, Or They May Wish To Share In It.

I Believe That My Theory Is Correct; For Whatever Be The Question Upon Which I Am Arguing, Whether It Be Religious, Philosophical, Political, Or Economical; Whether It Affects Well-being, Morality, Equality, Right, Justice, Progress, Responsibility, Property, Labor, Exchange, Capital, Wages, Taxes, Population, Credit, Or Government; At Whatever Point Of The Scientific Horizon I Start From, I Invariably Come To The Same Thing—the Solution Of The Social Problem Is In Liberty.

The Impulses Of My Heart Are The Voice Of Nature, Which Is Never Mistaken. The Institutions That Stand In My Way Are Man-made And Are Only Arbitrary Conventions To Which I Have Never Given My Consent. In Trampling These Institutions Underfoot, I Shall Have The Double Pleasure Of Satisfying My Inclinations And Of Believing Myself A Hero

Law Is Justice. In This Proposition A Simple And Enduring Government Can Be Conceived. And I Defy Anyone To Say How Even The Thought Of Revolution, Of Insurrection, Of The Slightest Uprising Could Arise Against A Government Whose Organized Force Was Confined Only To Suppressing Injustice.

Who Then Would Not Like To See These Benefits Flow Upon The World From The Law, As From An Inexhaustible Source? But Is It Possible? Whence Does The State Draw Those Resources That It Is Urged To Dispense By Way Of Benefits To Individuals? Is It Not From The Individuals Themselves? How, Then, Can These Resources Be Increased By Passing Through The Hands Of A Parasitic And Voracious Intermediary?