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It is easy to be conspicuously 'compassionate' if others are being forced to pay the cost.
Murray Rothbard
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Murray Rothbard
Age: 68 †
Born: 1926
Born: March 2
Died: 1995
Died: January 7
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Murray Newton Rothbard
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I see a great future for gold and silver coins as the currency people may increasingly turn to when paper currencies begin to disintegrate.
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The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress.
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The best way to help the poor is to slash taxes and allow savings, investment, and creation of jobs to proceed unhampered.
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Cops must be unleashed, and allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error.
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