Frank Chodorov

“Government is a coercive institution. That is its nature. And the instrument of coercion is taxation.”

“If we are to have a free society, we must have a free market.”

“Every intervention of the state in the economy is a further invasion of the individual's rights.”

“War is the health of the State.”

“The state is not a social institution; it is an anti-social institution.”

“The business of the government is to keep the peace and to leave the people alone.”

“Society is a spontaneous, voluntary, cooperative association of people, who have chosen to live together for their mutual betterment.”

“Production is the only title to property.”

“The state is a parasite on the economy.”

“The anathema of the State is known as an 'individual.'”

“There is no such thing as a good tax.”

“To be a man is to be a nonconformist.”

“Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.”

“Socialism is not a system of economics; it is a religion of envy.”

“Taxation is robbery.”

“That which is not thoroughly understood is not truly possessed.”

“The income tax, by its very nature, is an invasion of privacy.”