The state has typically been a device for producing affluence for a few at the expense of many.
Murray RothbardGovernments have persistently tried their best to promote, encourage, and expand the circulation of bank and government paper, and to discourage the people's use of gold itself.
Murray RothbardThe State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it.
Murray RothbardThe State is a gang of thieves writ large - the most immoral, grasping and unscrupulous individuals in any society.
Murray Rothbard