Thursday

Miscellaneous excerpts from my recent reading:

"Several of America's greatest heroes who were born during the age of slavery were whipped far more often than most slaves." Thaddeus Russell

"In fact, only a tiny minority of anarchists have practised terror as a revolutionary strategy . . . historically anarchism has been far less violent than other political creeds . . .". Peter Marshall, Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism

It is merely a "popular prejudice that the anarchist tradition has not produced any thinkers of the first order." Peter Marshall

"The anarchist sensibility made its first appearance amongst the Taoists of ancient China." Peter Marshall

"When asked what would replace government, numerous anarchists have answered with 'What do you replace cancer with?'" Peter Marshall

"The State never abdicates in the face of failure, but seeks to cover up its deficiencies with an extension of power." Frank Chodorov

"No economy can attain or maintain a high standard in the face of frequent visits from brigands, in which class, economically speaking, the tax collector must be put." Frank Chodorov

Re: The U.S. Dollar. "That this piece of paper, or electronic impulse, of no intrinsic value is accepted the world over as a means of payment and a store of value must stand as one of the greatest, and most improbable, monetary achievements of all time." James Grant