Quotes by Jeffrey Tucker

“Socialism is not really an option in the material world. There can be no collective ownership of anything materially scarce. One or another faction will assert control in the name of society. Inevi...”

“It's WW2 and there are wage controls in place. Instead of health care, companies decide to offer employees shoes. Having absorbed those costs, they later lobby for every company to be required to o...”

“Why anarchy? Because anything less would be uncivilized.”

“Free markets are the real people's revolution.”

“The problems on campus life today are not about free speech. They are about how the students have absolutely nothing to do with their lives but sit and listen to lectures, find the best parties to ...”

“People and institutions that refuse to admit error eventually discredit themselves.”

“Even the richest person, provided the riches comes from mutually beneficial exchange, does not need to give anything "back" to the community, because this person took nothing out of the community. ...”

“People who can't imagine order without imposition always end up favoring power over liberty.”

“The free market is not a system. It is not a policy dictated by anyone in particular. It is not something that Washington implements. It does not exist in any legislation, law, bill, regulation, or...”

“Here's something I still can't get over. Amazes and thrills me every time. I'm sitting here and want a certain book. So I search, click, and then I have the book. Every time, my heart does a little...”

“Government is a gang, but not merely as meritorious as a private gang because it claims legal legitimacy. It pillages and uses violence but under the cover of law, and seeks legitimacy not through ...”

“Freedom is the foundation for all wonderful things in life.”

“The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy.”

“A person who says every person has a right to a decent education may not actually mean people should be robbed to support bad schools or all children should be forced into a prison-like building fo...”

“Copyright: a system of monopoly privilege over the expression of ideas that enables government to stop consumer-friendly economic development and reward uncompetitive and legally privileged elites ...”

“Commerce tends toward rewarding inclusion, broadness, and liberality. Tribal loyalties, ethnic and religious bigotries, and irrational prejudices are bad for business. The merchant class has been c...”

“Without anarchy, there would be chaos.”

“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 ...”

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

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