Defending Civil Society
Silence is collaboration under the reign of tyranny
The purpose of this website is to promote the virtues of civil society.
Civil society, is based on voluntarism and predicated on giving the widest possible latitude to the individual so that he has sovereignty over his own life, so long as he respects the equal rights of others in society. It is in civil society--the realm of individual liberty--that mankind flourishes. It is from civil society that industry, civility, rectitude, science, and prosperity arise.
Inspirational Quotes
Do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it. -- Ludwig von Mises, from his family crest
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. -- Lord Acton
The State is the great fiction through which everyone endeavors to live at the expense of everyone else. -- Frédéric Bastiat 1848
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases while the citizens may act only by permission, which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history – the stage of rule by brute force. -- Ayn Rand, "The Virtue of Selfishness", 1964
Taxation is theft, purely and simply even though it is theft on a grand and colossal scale which no acknowledged criminals could hope to match. It is a compulsory seizure of the property of the State’s inhabitants, or subjects. -- Murray N. Rothbard
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. -- Albert Camus
The Road to Prosperity
A prosperous society will uphold the following principles through voluntary cooperation:
1 Individual liberty.
Principle of self ownership.
Non-aggression principle.
Protection of personal property rights.
2 Economic freedom.
Enforcement of contracts.
3 Limited, accountable government.
Definitions
Individual liberty: The absence of coercion.
Coercion: Physical violence or the threat thereof.
Principle of self ownership: Each individual inherently owns themselves and has the exclusive right to control their own body and life.
Non-aggression principle: No person or group of people may aggress against the person or property of anyone else.
Personal property rights: Each individual owns the products of their labor and investments.
Economic freedom: The ability to engage in voluntary exchange and voluntary collaboration without government interference.
Enforcement of contracts: Guarantee that agreements will be honored and that there are remedies available in the event of a breach.
Limited, accountable government: The elimination of all government functions that can be provided by the private sector.
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