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The moral foundation of authority is neither as solid nor as wide, under a regime of monopoly or of communism, as it could be under a regime of liberty.

— Gustave de Molinari The Production of Security (1849)

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The production of security should, in the interests of the consumers of this intangible commodity, remain subject to the law of free competition.

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War has been the necessary and inevitable consequence of the establishment of a monopoly on security.

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This form of the organization of production has been named communism.

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The interests of the consumer of any commodity whatsoever should always prevail over the interests of the producer.

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