Re: Interesting quotes from von Mises

ruetheday@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

"Government is a necessary institution, the means to make the social
system of cooperation work smoothly without being disturbed by violent
acts on the part of gangsters whether of domestic or of foreign origin.
Government is not, as some people like to say, a necessary evil; it is
not an evil, but a means, the only means available to make peaceful
human coexistence possible."
--Liberty and Property, 1958

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." -
-- George Washington

Bob Kolker

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