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Hans F. Sennholz Quotes: Unfortunately, it is not in the power of government to make everyone more prosperous. Government can only raise the income of one person by taking from another.
         

Unfortunately, it is not in the power of government to make everyone more prosperous. Government can only raise the income of one person by taking from another.


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A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property - an unpaid tax bill.



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A 'social justice' society is a conflict which locks beneficiaries and victims alike in a struggle without end. It becomes a society torn apart by resentment over the wealth of capitalists.



No other commodity enjoys as much universal acceptability and marketability as gold.

No other commodity enjoys as much universal acceptability and marketability as gold.



War cannot be driven out by war, for the use of evil breeds more evil, hostility more hostility, and the use of force more force.

War cannot be driven out by war, for the use of evil breeds more evil, hostility more hostility, and the use of force more force.



Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.

Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.



The government transfers income and wealth according to the rules of politics, which make politicians the primary beneficiaries of the system, and the poor and needy the primary victims.

The government transfers income and wealth according to the rules of politics, which make politicians the primary beneficiaries of the system, and the poor and needy the primary victims.



Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity.

Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity.



Centers of unionism are also the centers of unemployment.

Centers of unionism are also the centers of unemployment.



Government is rather ill-suited and poorly equipped to alleviate the plight of the poor. It lacks moral rules or standards, and is devoid of basic principles in economic and social matters.

Government is rather ill-suited and poorly equipped to alleviate the plight of the poor. It lacks moral rules or standards, and is devoid of basic principles in economic and social matters.



The gold standard sooner or later will return with the force and inevitability of natural law, for it is the money of freedom and honesty.

The gold standard sooner or later will return with the force and inevitability of natural law, for it is the money of freedom and honesty.





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