People are more willing to support the exercise of authority over themselves when they believe it to be an objective, neutral feature of the natural world. This was the idea behind the concept of the...

No one has the right to place one human being in a position of political power over another.

The very term ‘public utility’ … is an absurd one. Every good is useful ‘to the public,’ and almost every good … may be considered ‘necessary.’ Any designation of a few industries as ‘public utilities’...

Emergencies” have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have eroded.

I won’t take a real nap. I have this halfway place, a rest stop on the road to sleep, where I can stay for hours. I don’t even need to close my eyes, just stay...

Not only is democracy mystical nonsense, it is also immoral. If one man has no right to impose his wishes on another, then ten million men have no right to impose their wishes on the...

I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual.

I need either a small coffee or a large nap.

The goal of parenting is to create self-sufficient virtues in children. Applying external pressure and punishments tends to teach them fear-based compliance rather than the internalization of moral standards.

Where there is commerce there is peace.

While liberals are in favor of any sexual activity engaged in by two consenting adults, when these consenting adults engage in trade or exchange, the liberals step in to harass, cripple, restrict, or prohibit that...

because a propositional justification exists for doing one thing, but not for doing another.” But why should we be reasonable, is the next come-back. Again, the answer is obvious. For one, because it would be...

Government is a gun that shoots money at your enemy and blows up in your face.

The instant that any government obtains a monetary printing press, it becomes a deeply dishonest government, empowered to rob people by stealth. A government with the power to print money knows no limits.

In proportion as you give the state power to do things for you, you give it power to do things to you.

As I explain in ‘What It Means to be an Anarcho-Capitalist’, to be an anarchist simply means you oppose aggression, and you realize the state necessarily commits aggression. If you are not an anarchist, it...

At five in the morning, I was half asleep. The whole left side of my body was taking a nap. Seems I’m also always half in love, from my waist down.

The war is against children, and all the other wars are just a shadow of the war on children.

Growing economies are built by billions of actors behaving according to their own interests, coordinated through institutions that no one in particular created.Realizing this requires humility, a trait that is in short supply among would-be...

Every dictator is a mystic, and every mystic is a potential dictator. A mystic craves obedience from men, not their agreement. He wants them to surrender their consciousness to his assertions, his edicts, his wishes,...

Libertarian opponents of anarchy are attacking a straw man. Their arguments are usually utilitarian in nature and amount to “but anarchy won’t work” or “we need the (things provided by the) state.” But these attacks...

I love being able to take a nap in the afternoon.

The entire Nazi war machine was only possible because of past, present and future violations of the non aggression principle (achievable only through government).

Recall that the minimum wage was initially conceived as a method to exclude undesirables from the workforce.

All dust is the same dust. Temporarily separated To go peacefully And enjoy the eternal nap.

The desire for an increase of wealth can be satisfied through exchange, which is the only method possible in a capitalist economy, or by violence and petition as in a militarist society, where the strong...

A beautiful nap this afternoon that put velvet between my vertebrae.

Historical definition of a country’s borders… “…here’s where my murder geography ends and your murder geography begins, at least until I get more murderers to expand my murder-fest.

Ultimately, all arguments against markets are arguments against anarchy. Marx understood this much, at least.

I just took a little nap. I stole it from an infant.

The valuations which result in determination of definite prices are different. Each party attaches a higher value to the good he receives than to that he gives away. The exchange ratio, the price, is not...

Blue skies, 77 degrees, and palm trees—I’m living the dream. Still, I could go for a nap, or a cup of coffee as large as my bathtub.

All atheists must examine the Non Aggression Principle.

When the state itself is held to the same moral standards as everyone else, it dies. And that’s a wonderful thing.

If you need me I’ll be napping in the supplies closet. The most important part of an attack is the planning.

Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to stop.

They who employ force by proxy are as much responsible for that force as though they employed it themselves.

The idea that the government has services or goods that they can pass on is a complete farce. Governments have nothing. They can’t create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from...

No one wants their stuff stolen. No one wants their physical person harmed. If you understand the implications of those two truths, you can come to see the egregious moral and practical problems of a...

I have just been elected Captain of the Nap Squad. It’s a very exhausting position, and requires training twice a day, once when I get up and once before bed.

After practice, I would have to go back to the dorm and take a nap.

War has been the necessary and inevitable consequence of the establishment of a monopoly on security.

Life can be frustrating sometimes. Take a nap, exercise, meditate or do whatever it takes to ‘reboot’ your thinking. Happiness is just a thought away!

If the bulk of the public were really convinced of the illegitimacy of the State, if it were convinced that the State is nothing more nor less than a bandit gang writ large, then the...

Cap’n just jumped on the bed and says we should take a nap. And who am I to argue?

When I argue with devout statists, sometimes other voluntaryists tell me that I’m wasting my time, opining that a particular statist is never going to “get it.” I often respond by saying that that’s rarely...

I couldn’t decide whether to take a nap or not, so I did what I always do when thinking over a decision—I slept on it.

What makes anyone think that government officials are even trying to protect us? A government is not analogous to a hired security guard. Governments do not come into existence as social service organizations or as...

In particular, the State has arrogated to itself a compulsory monopoly over police and military services, the provision of law, judicial decision-making, the mint and the power to create money, unused land (“the public domain”),...

I slept through the award presentation for Napper of the Year. They had to wake me when I won. Winning was like a dream come true.