It Is Easy To Be Conspicuously 'compassionate'

The Ingenious Slogan That The Public Debt Does Not Matter Because 'we Owe It To Ourselves' Is Clearly Absurd.

Briefly, The State Is That Organization In Society Which Attempts To Maintain A Monopoly Of The Use Of Force And Violence In A Given Territorial Area; In Particular, It Is The Only Organization In Society That Obtains Its Revenue Not By Voluntary Contribution Or Payment For Services Rendered But By Coercion.

Absolute Freedom Need Not Be Lost As The Price We Must Pay For The Advent Of Civilization; Men Are Born Free, And Need Never Be In Chains. Man May Achieve Liberty And Abundance, Freedom And Civilization.

Gorbachev's Stance Contrasts Admirably With The Policy Of The Sainted Abraham Lincoln, Who Used Massive Force And Mass Murder To Force The Seceding Southern States To Remain In The Union.

If You Wish To Know How Libertarians Regard The State And Any Of Its Acts, Simply Think Of The State As A Criminal Band, And All Of The Libertarian Attitudes Will Logically Fall Into Place.